Shanan Ballam

STROKE

                   in a dark

             passage 

                               I wait

                        time                        

                              passes 

                      a little 

                              sunlight
                      smudges
                            through the end
                                                  of the tunnel

                             I meditate
                                      on vanishing 

                              the fan turns
                                              slow circles 
                                          on the ceiling

                                     I am the queen
                                in this castle

                                       of damage


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