Two poems
double exposure
when the dawn light is stretched &
marbled & there’s nothing
but your face in repose,
i will slow – pull myself
like taffy & i will stop
making worry stones out of my
thumbs the way you want me to
& we will move in patterns,
ebb & flow, the way the tide
becomes a blueprint of itself,
like the way there is a blueprint
on the back of my eyelids
where all i can see are stars
bursting in colors & your
hands on mine on yours
on mine
Hibernation
Our hands glacial / we split at sunrise / holding palms of
winter berries / plumming themselves to bruise / and when
we come across two bears / nestled in the woods / we will
each sing to them / until they wake in the sky / collect
themselves / into diamond / and sleep side by side until
forever.
ART BY SREEJITH PA
Sreejith is an illustrator who works with both digital and traditional medium. Luckily, he found art as a kid and has never looked back since. Drawing inspiration from music and people, he specialises in portraits. His artworks, with their bold strokes and vivid colours, are a mix of the realistic and the abstract. Other than his art, he’s known for his sarcastic humour and love for biryani. Instagram: @sreejithpa
Mariel Fechik lives in Chicago, IL. She sings in the band Fay Ray and is a music writer for Atwood Magazine and Third Coast Review. She was recently chosen as a finalist for the Real Good Poem Prize from Rabbit Catastrophe Review. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Hobart, Rust + Moth, Gravel, Noble / Gas Qrtly, and others. Twitter: @marielfechik
