Charm
Raymond Gibson


Heart take root in this body
take hold of the lungs’ hunger

root of my night’s gossamer fabric
in the nights’ slow breath tear

this lung’s gossamer breath to song
body hunger fabric tear song echo

[heart hold my slow to echo charm]

About the author:
Raymond Gibson graduated from Florida Atlantic University's creative writing MFA; his work can be found in the Tiny Truths section of Creative Nonfiction, Specs, and White Stag Journal. His first chapbook, Speak, Shade, is out now from Glass Lyre Press.