Sailing Alone Ruth Holliday

78
 Garret 2020

and again i sigh your name aloud

you ran and i hugged you and before i knew it

you were off the ground
i didn’t see my arms move to catch you,
i didn’t feel my arms move to lift you,
they just did
they knew what to do
they anticipated you
(which is something i’m often no good at)
but in the fluid moments like that one,
when i don’t see the trees overwhelming the forest,
when i don’t feel like words are just sludge trapped in my throat,
when i know what to do,
out of the space where unknowing knowing flows
comes the quavering beat of my heart
my chest whispers against your skin
oh, you’re as a light as a feather,
but how i wish you’d weigh me down

Braden Alexander

79