Three Days Past the Summer Solstice, I Think of Your Loneliness

by Erin Wilson

You don’t want to hear from me.

But I saw the most amazing thing last night,
asparagus fern, netted with rain,
and then again today in sunlight.

You don’t want to hear from me.
I broke your heart? I hurt mine too.

At night I reach up and cup palmfuls of stars
and try to complete the crescent moon.
We do love wholeness.

— from Juniper Volume 4, Issue 2