sara Etgen-Baker Poet Free verse

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UNDERSIDE OF LIGHT

something shifted  
  not loudly  
just a thin bright seam  
opening between seconds  

a glimmer  
    uninvited  
      but welcome  
like a thought remembering itself  

today leaned  
  sideways  
and the air  
held its breath  

  a pale shimmer  
    slid across my hands  
      soft as dust deciding to glow  

and I stood there  
in the middle of the room  
feeling the world  
  tilt  
    ever so slightly  

as if it wanted  
to show me  
the underside  
of light

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Barthwell Farmer June 19, 2026 at 4:58 AM I read this as something beyond the grasp of simple observation. I really like the part the speaker has I see as akin to a lightning rod, the difference of course, the visitation from something inexplicably, yet gently ethereal. Love the language nicely pinpointing what's seemingly supernatural with a strong open-minded presence articulating the strange experience with many interesting lines, three, four, and eight being my favorite.