Coming to light

by Katrinka Moore

as if your mind were a house 

and wind blew in     

flung open windows 

winnowed

cast away thoughts

as if chance could clear

as if the world were a restless swarming

always coming to light 

and disappearing

as if it were made     not of things 

but relations

no border between you

as if     lost    you kept walking

stopping to listen 

stumbling on 

as if a glimpse were enough

as if stillness

~

Katrinka Moore is the author of five poetry books, three of which include her visual art. "Coming to light" appeared in her latest book, Diminuendo, and was first published in First Literary Review-East.