A Celestial Body Untethered - A Poem By McKenzie MacDuffie

A Celestial Body Untethered

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One listens as the sea listens to the 

moon,

pulling at the tides of meaning,

aching for a whisper yet to come.

There is so much I wish to tell,

so much caught in the net of ribs,

fluttering like silver fish,

too quick, too bright, too fleeting

to hold in our hands.

Instead, I pray like a tree prays to the

wind,

bending beneath the weight of

longing,

roots trembling in the hush of what

cannot be said.

I fall apart at the seams,

a fabric too worn to wonder,

a threadbare thing unraveling in the

glow.

No words can be given,

no language can contain,

you, the celestial body untethered,

you, the wave that never breaks,

you, the impossible hush before the

beginning.

You are something marvelous,

miraculous,

rare.

and I, a quiet witness,

thank you for every word you gift.

Poetry Written By

McKenzie MacDuffie

Poetry Published By

Eryn Dunbar