I did not truly understand the gentle gravity of words
until I found your living flesh, bones,
and breath in these pages
where I write poems
that will never
reach you.
I did not truly understand the gentle gravity of words
until I found your living flesh, bones,
and breath in these pages
where I write poems
that will never
reach you.
Gretchen Filart
Gretchen is a writer of poems and creative nonfiction. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Rappler, Philippines Free Press, The Daily Drunk Mag, Anti-Heroin Chic, Rejection Lit, The Alien Buddha, Maudlin House, Janus Literary, and elsewhere. She resides in the Philippines with her daughter and kooky cats and dogs.
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