Sometimes Love Sounds like Silence
It’s a glint in the flip of your stomach,
a crack in the catch of your breath,
a shock when I love you is whispered into the fog of a steamy shower,
the slow reveal of the heart’s purpose
like a balloon accidentally
released into the sky,
its path tracked from the tip of your head to the top of the trees,
through the cloudy veil until it disappears,
a disposable truth winding its way to nowhere.
Jodi Morton is a designer and poet based in Evanston, IL. Her poems have appeared in The Write Launch, Half and One, Cathexis Northwest Press, and Beyond Words Literary Magazine. Stay connected to Jodi on Instagtam @jodimortondesign.