Lyric State, by Maryann Gremillion

Lyric State 
 
the box contains a spirit heart
ball in hand smudged with dirt
gray from wire up to the ear
 
from tossing and missing the box
made of wood and sweat
the box contains a spirit heart
 
move any ball to an open spot
walk back and forth, box turns
gray from wire up to the ear
 
recline upon an ocean bed, pink
listen to waves and earth 
the box contains a spirit heart
 
it’s not easy to leave the water 
return to the box we must see
gray from wire up to the ear
 
look for invisible drawings 
as fast as the mind conjures
the box contains a spirit heart
gray from wire up to the ear

Maryann Gremillion

Maryann Gremillion is a quiet writer whose essays, poems, and short memoir pieces have appeared in Glass Mountain, The Sun, The Ekphrastic Review, and others. She lives in Houston, Texas with two cats, Axel and Simone, who run the household. She loves long walks beneath trees with her husband.