‘Get off, get off! can’t you see
‘Why did you not leave me alone?’ asked the rock.
in response, the child said, “because I was afraid. afraid I would not see you again. and I could not bear that thought.” -megan hollingsworth
ocean front
skyspat out a little flame
warming mind
swaying girth
spanning time
brief pockets of sun
(the streaming kind)
lantern domes make muffled sounds
(momentarily illuminating mine)
flickering embers in campfire’s bowl
little lapping, licking flames
jamming survival in newborn coal
this fire is never tame
-jessica gabriel (2008)
summit moves with the tide
Snow Mountains
A bird flies up from the mountain
larger than the mountain
and down
heart on the mountain
wings
two brown glaciers
of feathers melting
-Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge
jessica gabriel : : : artist 