intermittent

i have not imagined the dream
i have

& we cross a mountain
although

i have never heard
your voice

everywhere.   nowhere.
adjacent.  sometimes.  still

in the mind
in the sea

absent.  tangible
stitched.  infinite

like no one
surfaced

invent.

invent moments.  answers unknown.  window & moon.  in the dream you are.
clouds & forests.  i am the island.  within.  invent constellations.  scatter seeds.
there is an idea in the sun & the bird.  nameless.  there is music within water.
imaginary words.  imaginary lives.  invent.  organize the books.  in every form―
possibility.  hourglass/syllables/breath.

dialogue with the interior

navigate.

hide.

between the branch & circumference

draw an intricate design

there is no dialectic

time & memory.   memory & time

what do you imagine

do you imagine

wear a green coat

amongst those dressed in black

the wind is fierce

the wind is gentle     there is no wind

a lamp & a knife

voices of oaks & the sea

                            

i wander

tomorrow I will answer my fate

Marcia Arrieta's work appears in Bolts of Silk, Blue Print Review, Osiris, So to Speak, and Otoliths. Her chapbook the curve against the linear is part of the Quartet Series―An Uncommon Accord published by Toadlily Press. She edits and publishes Indefinite Space, a poetry journal.

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