Airplane

A poem by Marsha Temlock

we travel solo

I in seat A

you in cloud B

my belt secured

you float on dreams

and feint the stars

with your wings

gravity my anchor

heaven your trapeze

to soar

to heaven

to close the space

while swallows peck my eyes.

---

Marsha Temlock is the author of Your Child’s Divorce: What to Expect . . . What You Can Do, The Exile, a young adult novel, and Tuesday’s Mah Jongg is More Than a Game, a novel. She has appeared on the Today Show and was featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Miami Herald, and interviewed on dozens of radio talk shows. She holds a master of arts in English from NYU and a master of arts in organizational psychology from Columbia University. She taught literature and writing at Fairfield University, Sacred Heart University, and Norwalk Community College. Her interests include theater, literature, travel, and (of course) Mah Jongg. Learn more at tuesdaymahjongg.com.

Image:

Window seat by Roberta Sant'Anna