They pulled the tube that piped the poison
into your heart. Words like remission are
still too sacred to speak openly. Only dare
you whisper silently on bended knee.
In each day passing you rediscover
highway bike rides, swimming
in summer moonlights
by crackling fires. All too
fragile to call by name
(healthy, awake, alive).
Take each moment gently
and joyous—slower than an IV
drip; may we never remember
the comparison in time. Of such,
we ask, please, take your time.
we ask, please, take your time.
Jace Raymond Smellie
is an MFA candidate at George Mason University. He grew up in the Rocky Mountains and claims Idaho, Utah and Arizona all as his home. Jace is a poet of European and Native American descent, and when he isn’t writing you might find him out at the local disc golf course.
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