Initium

by Elisabet Sundstrom


The scene is this
the world is best observed
from underneath a table

There is a sense of urgency
when
submission is served in fancy glasses
seeping in as core values

Rather an internal rupture than
a crack in the crystal

Unlike animals
we make the same mistakes
repeatedly
for that is our haven

It is fascinating
this understanding
years later
of instant rebellion

Making the case
eyes becoming used to
self-owned radiance

No is a complete sentence
Joy is the new currency

Just like
walks are no longer taken on broken branches
darkness cannot survive the light

Hope is a shortcut to brighter days
tithing the key to prosperity

There is
for us all
that brief pivotal moment in time
when we feel as if life begins
for the first time


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Elisabet Sundstrom is a woman, daughter, mother, wife, friend, sister, writer and world servant. She is a recovering Swede residing in Lebanon who is obsessed with human connection and understanding the world.