PARTING THE NIGHT’S LONG HAIR

by Emily Black


I glimpse his face once more. How fleeting
are our sweet meetings, but how eternal.

Our time with each other is not that of a clock
ticking, it’s more like pearls strung together

to make a glimmering, iridescent circle,
an indestructible circle, our elemental essence.

We need not fear anything, nor take flight
at a rustling sound that seems too close.

Merged, we are a monument to life’s eternal
moment, woven into heaven’s sheltering love.


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Emily Black was the second woman to graduate from the University of Florida in Civil Engineering, then engaged in a long engineering career as the only woman in a sea of men. Lately, she’s been writing poetry, has been published in numerous literary journals, and was a recipient of the 79th Moon Prize awarded by Writing in a Woman’s Voice in 2021. Her first book of poetry, The Lemon Light of Morning, published by Bambaz Press, was released in February 2022. A second book is scheduled for release in the spring of 2023. Emily wears Fire Engine Red lipstick.