Just Breathing

Rae Weaver

it's not a slow spiral that swoops
with the grace of a child's slide,
but a plane, cant just this side of vertical.
wooden and slivered enough
to leave remembrances of contact
as i fall free of colors and into the land
of the never day, never night.

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Rae Weaver is an artist and writer currently living in southeastern Virginia. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in several online and print publications including Lotus Blooms Journal, SaucyVox Review, Erosha, Literati Review, Carnelian and ERWA. She was the featured poet in the August 2003 issue of SaucyVox(dot)com.