Wheelchair-bound
I sit
every day
the African violet blooms
on a shelf
reminding me
that beauty is not a verb.
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Wheelchair-bound
I sit
every day
the African violet blooms
on a shelf
reminding me
that beauty is not a verb.
Sun on red leaves
My wheelchair lurching over
cracked pavement.
I wear pale grey and white striped gloves.
Hedges taller than the sky
remind me that I’m only here
for a brief time. Geese fly,
old friends write,
the sky is full
of devotion.
Anita Endrezze is an award-winning poet, writer, and artist. Her work is influenced by her Yaqui and European heritage. In 2012, University of Arizona Press published her book of short stories, Butterfly Moon. Anita’s work has been translated into ten languages. Her new poetry book, Enigma, is due to be published in 2019 by Press 53. Anita lives, writes and paints in the Pacific Northwest.
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