to be that, by Annette Petrusso

She Believed in the Magic of it All, by Clare Rojas (USA) 2022. © The Artist. Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco. Photo: Phillip Maisel.

to be that 
 
Witches on brooms skimming the road 
where the entreating woman in the polka dot dress 
looks up and waves–an acknowledgement 
 
of her liberated sisters flying above the Earth 
while she is limited to the grounded, 
where her dusty brown boots can touch the dirt.
 
As nature watches–the small cow, scattered 
water fowl, and deeply bent rooted tree–
she can only arch her heart up to the liberated 
 
sister witch who returns her gesture of greeting, 
acknowledging her desperate desire. 
Though earthbound, she longs to be that free.
 
Annette Petrusso
 
Annette Petrusso is a poet and writer/editor based in Austin, Texas. Her poetry is inspired by such things as art, music, popular culture, loss, the small details of everyday life, and the energy of spaces. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Pomona Valley Review, Thimble Literary Review, Concision Poetry Journal, and Door Is Ajar Literary Magazine.

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