Linda M. Crate
Everything and Nothing
I am the bones
of coyotes
the howls of distant wolves
I am the silver
of the moon and the birdsong
nesting in your ears,
I am the laughter of your friends
and your foes
we're all connected by star dust
a cosmic map of veins
that cannot be severed no matter how
hard we try,
scars we try to forget
but never do
I am the fury of the ocean
the kindness of
butterflies
I am everything and nothing all at once--
so when I walk in your presence
under the conference of stars
maybe next time you
won't be so quick to dismiss me.
Everything and Nothing
I am the bones
of coyotes
the howls of distant wolves
I am the silver
of the moon and the birdsong
nesting in your ears,
I am the laughter of your friends
and your foes
we're all connected by star dust
a cosmic map of veins
that cannot be severed no matter how
hard we try,
scars we try to forget
but never do
I am the fury of the ocean
the kindness of
butterflies
I am everything and nothing all at once--
so when I walk in your presence
under the conference of stars
maybe next time you
won't be so quick to dismiss me.
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. Recently her two chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013) and Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014) were published. Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015.