sara Etgen-Baker Poet Free verse

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poem written based upon this image--an online poetry class assignment

Rainlight

Rainlight drifts across the glass compass,  
each drop a small, shimmering world  
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down the curve of its crystal face.  

I watch the needle tremble,  
turning a fraction with every silver touch,  
as if the rain remembers old directions  
I once trusted.  

I breathe in the soft gray brightness,  
feeling it gather at my throat,  
a coolness that steadies me  
in ways I didn’t expect.  
The air carries a stillness shaped by distance  
and the familiar warmth of wet earth~  
the kind that makes mefeel less alone.  

Puddles gather their quiet rhythm,  
and I hear it the way I hear myself  
on days when my thoughts finally soften~ 
a rhythm that feels like gentle wonder  
learning how to speak.  

I turn once, then again~  
slowly, deliberately  
my breath easing with the motion,  
my chest loosening a little,  
and the horizon shifts,  
offering a muted glow  
that feels almost like an answer.

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