Enfolded
Janet Kvammen
I feel home in serene quietudes
of coastal forests,
near wandering rivers,
and wild Pacific tides—
where a cool breeze meets skin.
My bare toes
pink sucklings
ravenous for comfort—
found deep within
the salty turbid earth.
I sift sand in my hands.
Seek out fragments of time,
glass tumbled smooth,
speckled stones,
abalone and periwinkle shell.
Each becoming a miniature relic,
a sacred dose of medicine:
an antiviral of placebo varieties.
Sheltered in place.
Nesting pain forgotten,
enfolded in swathe of wing.
JANET KVAMMEN is a poet, photographer, and visual artist. Busy on the literary and arts scene of the New Westminster uniVerse, she is Vice-President of the Royal City Literary Arts Society and New West Artists. Click here for full bio ->