Knowledge

December 7, 2025 - Poet: Jack Seybold Artwork: Knowledge by Ann DiSalvo

Knowledge

She longs to sing

The impulse is far back, behind her head

Where objections accumulate

She desires a melody, a poetry

But melancholy presides

Where songs of longing dwell

Her music drifts disorganized

In graceless pirouettes

however intent or often her gaze

She senses what she must bear

To be loved and forgotten

A key she cannot reach beckons