To what and to whom do you say yes?
~ with apologies to Carolyn Forché
In August, we blaze with light
corona: plasma aura for a universe
without centre, light broken free
I say yes to this uncentering
Yes to the emptiness that carried
light within it, held my life together
Yes to the wings of solar wind
that lift me out of disbelief
wings that spiral into other lives
I say yes when all around me
a dark world insists that no
is the only sane answer
I say yes to that, too
lean into the fleeing light
and wonder about darkness