by Jason Elford
Annie Owen / Robert Harding World Imagery / Universal Images Group/ Rights Managed
A weight of worldly anxiety settled in last night
our insides chilly,
he proselytized fear
declared his presence.
We cracked, crumbling foundations
language shattered
outside, inside
two and one entangled
fighting
a battle without violence
riding astraddle of moment shadow dueling
swiftly silent,
immersed in the other
we breathed
two and one fragmented
with a breath, feeling
a weight lifted
labels disintegrated
and language gauged freely.
Jason Elford writes short fiction, poems, and novels. His work has appeared in The Machinery and STOPGap. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.
Photo credit: Budhhist prayer flags fluttering in the wind, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, Asia . Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 9 Jun 2016. http://quest.eb.com/search/151_2565855/1/151_2565855/cite