20: Spring 2020 - #5 states of matter
Authored by S. Qiouyi Lu
states of matter
by S. Qiouyi Lu
midnight hour
the boundaries of my body
melt into shadows
headlights limn my hands
turn fingertips magma-red
lightning stars call me home
and I drift again
cosmonaut dissociating from earth
only the memory of your hand in mine,
the weight of your palm against my cheek,
brings me back whole