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Friday, October 01, 2021

BURROWING

by Farah Art Griffin


“Into the Void” by DINA D’ARGO, 56, SPRINGFIELD, TENN. Acrylic on canvas via The Washington Post. “‘Into the Void’ symbolizes stepping into the unknown — the idea of life ‘after the pandemic’ and the insecurity of not knowing what lies ahead.” 


still burrowing —
drowning in yesterday's time
past grips us in its palm
wounds
            still wet
            still dripping
memories
            still clear
            still swimming
cave of unforgotten sorrow —
echoes in the dark


Farah Art Griffin is a literary and visual artist. She holds an EdM in Arts in Education from Harvard University. Her work is forthcoming in The American Journal of Poetry.