Emily Jahn
They say the clarity in the water
approximates heaven.
When we arrived I buried myself
in that cold grace, stroking my heart
with its clean shock and making
my red bones shiver.
I think eternity is a firm
nudge asking I open
my mouth to breathe in
some kind of answer. I will
lift myself to the dappled
surface, but in this instant
I feel a quiet, infinite hold,
the gentle press of the god
there must be
in stillness.
Emily Jahn is a biology and poetry double major who enjoys canoeing and being outside.
