for Sara
the wind blows off the ocean
making waves disappear to who knows where
palm trees are galloping horses
that have no say which way they are whipped and tossed
if your mind tries to find answers
in the mysteries of nature, your heart will only laugh
there is no reason
for the magnetic pull you feel to a total stranger
sometimes a hug is
not a just a hug when two bodies pool like melted butter
now a person on the other side
of the Atlantic contemplates throwing themselves off a bridge
meanwhile, here, a gentle rain falls
in secret prism droplets, its message delicate and undecodable
the morning sun shines
making rainbow tears roll down your cheek
my heart skips a beat
at the indescribable beauty of this single moment, again
Nicole Farmer is a writer and reading tutor living in Asheville, NC. Her poems have been published in The Closed Eye Open, The Amistad, Quillkeepers Press, Capsule Stories, Haunted Waters Press, Sheepshead Review, Roadrunner Review, Wild Roof Journal, Bacopa Literary Review, Great Smokies Review, Kakalak Review, 86 Logic, Wingless Dreamer, Inlandia Review, In Parentheses, and others. Nicole was awarded the First Prize in Prose Poetry from the Bacopa Literary Review in 2020 and has just finished her first chapbook entitled Wet Underbelly Wind. Way back in the 90’s she graduated from The Juilliard School of Drama. You can find her dancing barefoot in her driveway on the full moon at midnight. Website: NicoleFarmerpoetry.com
Image: Palm trees on the beach at Ka’anapali, Maui, by kevinmcgill, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license, via Wikimedia Commons.
