For Some of Us

by Marcia Mitrowski


So easy to disappear into words,
syllables open their mouths for us

and we dive into their vowels round
as a rose singing to the sun

even as the moon obscures light
how fiery script escapes the corona

leaving language in the atmosphere
we learn to translate in silence

and awe, our eyes slowly adjusting
to the message we’re not alone,

nature above and below waltzing
around us in three quarter time.


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Marcia Mitrowski lives in Western New York but teaches refugees and immigrants from five continents. Her poetry is inspired by nature, music, and amazing people learning English. She has been a docent at the Buffalo AKG Museum as well as a young adult and reference librarian.