Helium He, 2

I watch as he circles,
wings spread, body at ease,
for he knows the surrender
of air, trusts what it holds.

I imagine being a balloon
slipped from a hand–seeing you
from such great heights.
How you fit into the world–

into this snowy landscape
you and I
are grounded
in.

We can’t help where we come from
nor where our hearts go.
If love was a place,
we’d both X it on a map.

Boots by the door, jackets flung
to the floor. The scent of cold
we bring in with us, shed slowly
like our clothes.

Elemental, poems written to the Periodic table

Elemental, by Julia Klatt Singer, is a set of poems written to the Periodic table. They are poems based on the nature and properties of the elements, and how they become a part of our lives, both lived and imagined. Like the Periodic table itself, they are about relationships, and what is triggered in the nearness of one another. Price includes shipping and handling

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