Resonance--By Nancy Brewka-Clark--United States

Resonance

As I lie in the capsule, thankful

for the cool air, the softness of

the pad beneath my strapped ankles

and gowned body, I imagine

morning glories bursting into life

all about me, naming each bloom

after someone I love. I surprise myself

by being just slightly sorry to be

released before blessing every soul

in this universe of help and healing.

Nancy Brewka-Clark lives in Beverly, Massachusetts on Boston’s North Shore. Her fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays have been published by Routledge U.K., Adams Media, YouthPLAYS of Los Angeles, The Boston Globe and The Thomas Merton Seasonal Poetry of the Sacred among others.