Glass by Lorette C. Luzajic

Untitled by Bea Mahan. Contemporary. Click on image to visit Mahan's website.

Glass

The day you shredded your hands
falling onto jagged rocks 
and a broken bottle,
all I saw was the silence storming
the sky behind you,
and the silverblind light
shattering the water.
How it caught itself
on the sea-glass pale shards,
a handful of raw jewels
in your crucified palms.

Lorette C. Luzajic

Lorette C. Luzajic is a poet, writer, and visual artist who works with collage, photography, text and mixed media. She is the editor of Ekphrastic,  and the author of more than ten books, including the poetry volumes Solace and The Astronaut's Wife. Her poetry has been published in hundreds of literary and online journals, and she has been nominated for Best of the Net.  Luzajic also writes a Wine and Art column for Good Food Revolution.