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POEM TO THE SKY · HEATHER SULLIVAN
$10.00
12×18, printed on 100% recycled linen paper.
Signed limited edition of 10.
Set in Mrs. Eaves.
Archive-quality glassine envelope included.
| Weight | 2 oz |
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Beloved
We are lost to the dirt,
left drowning in accordion folders
and action plans,
gasping for breath amidst
the broken hearted and the profane.
And yet
the answer has always lay
with a tip of the chin, glasses gently
gliding down and eyes cast
heaven bound,
to dream of flight with Icarus
or carry the sun on our backs with Phaeton.
You have always been there
to remind us of our potential and our past,
but all too often the feel
of fingertip to thumb
returns us to the ground of our making,
separated forever by gravity.
We are lost to the dirt,
left drowning in accordion folders
and action plans,
gasping for breath amidst
the broken hearted and the profane.
And yet
the answer has always lay
with a tip of the chin, glasses gently
gliding down and eyes cast
heaven bound,
to dream of flight with Icarus
or carry the sun on our backs with Phaeton.
You have always been there
to remind us of our potential and our past,
but all too often the feel
of fingertip to thumb
returns us to the ground of our making,
separated forever by gravity.
About the Author
Heather Sullivan’s first collection, Waiting for an Answer, was released from Nixes Mate Books in 2017. Her work has appeared in numerous online and print publications such as, Chiron Review, Paper and Ink Literary Zine, San Pedro River Review, Trailer Park Quarterly, Common Ground Review, Barbaric Yawp, Big Hammer, Ygdrasil, Free State Review and Open Letters Monthly. She lives in Revere, MA with her husband, Rusty Barnes, co-creator of the three most marvelous humans on the planet, a small herd of cats and the water’s edge is just a short walk away.
