Random Notes to a Friend
I just wanted you to know
that I’m not going crazy
that today I almost felt normal
not like a dragonfly
trapped in thick yellow amber
and as the light unwinds
braids of silver
touch the channel water
late in the day
the orchids talk to themselves
in a corner of the room
and on the other shore
steel dinosaurs tower
above decrepit buildings
in the sunset
I eat steak
and listen closely
to snippets of conversation
the din of water
flowing
over strange rocks
as the night discovers itself
is it presumptuous to say
the white hydrangeas
in my backyard
are really stars?
by Johanna Ely
Editor’s Note: This poem makes great use of personification to portray the narrator’s state of mind. “the orchids talk to themselves” is the line that convinced me this poem was interesting. The last three lines convinced me to read it again, several times.
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