- Vol. 08
- Chapter 03
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Image by Michael Easterling
Rainbow Beacon 2021
The separation between us
notwithstanding—
there is always a gap, a gash,
a break—I peer at you,
wait for your light,
for illumination,
to bridge the gulf between us.
Above us, the stars.
Now your beacon
rainbows a swath
of night’s dark waters,
glorifies the flimsy
barrier between us:
we prism,
we rainbow,
we become
the light between us.