Refracting
There is nothing that I am
more acutely aware of
than you. The water in your
eyes, the movement of your
brow when you are
overcome by a rhyme or
the refraction of light
on your chair. You are taller
than the counter now. You
used investigate in
a sentence. You still don’t
comprehend the word
kill. How you
purse your lips. How you
hold your pencil. How
the presence of a moth is
worth announcement to
the neighbors. I am more
aware of you than
the surface of my skin. You
are the hairs that stand on end
when I am seated
and I am hearing
what I did not know.
This poem is from the book A Moth Collection by Anna Ojascastro Guzon (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/a-moth-collection-by-anna-ojascastro-guzon/
Anna Ojascastro Guzon is a writer, mother, teacher, former physician, and co-founder of YourWords STL, an arts and education nonprofit. She received an MD from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine and an MFA from The New School Graduate Writing Program. One may find her writing in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Best American Poetry Blog, Bone Bouquet, The Boiler Journal, and Bellingham Review, among other publications.
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