local_library I tried meditation once

by Chelsea Logan

Published in Issue No. 273 ~ February, 2020

Me-

Without a tether, 

aimless all the more

 

I would find myself there

in the running water, 

in a stranger’s voice

 

top of the head

into the throat 

through the chest

down the spine

 

Eyes closed,

palms open

 

that’s where I found you  – 

 

tucked away,

entirely alive

just behind my throat.

 

I could have cried out 

as you moved up and down. 

 

top of the head 

into the throat 

through the chest

down the spine

 

I should have cried out.

 

There’s so much more to mourn!

 

But I thought of lunch,

of a souvenir,

of how silly I must look

 

there among the fanny packs and folding chairs,

so much insufferable earnestness.

 

Eyes open, 

palms closed,

 

Heaven and Earth

squarely in place.

 

You and I –

still

lifetimes apart.

 

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Chelsea Logan is a full-time Buyer, part-time freelance writer residing in Nashville, TN. She has served as a writer for The Tennessean newspaper, contributing a monthly editorial column. She has a degree in Psychology from The University of Memphis.