Poetry by Wendy Bloom
I saw the light reflecting on a piece of something buried in the loamy soil
When I looked closely, I realized it was a piece of myself
That I had buried away for darker days
Filled with darkness and despair
In a world filled with the tragic
It had fallen out of me, and I thought it was gone forever
But it was lying right in front of me
I grasped it in my hand
This shiny piece of myself
I turned it over and over
And rubbed my fingers against its slick surface
I decided to swallow it
To bring it back home to the center of my emptiness
To fill this hole with something that glistened
And sang beautiful music to my heart
It became one with me once again
And I smiled as I heard it laughing
Because it had been seeking me for so long
And had finally made its way back home
Wendy Bloom is an emerging writer who has written numerous poems, short stories, and essays on a wide variety of topics since childhood. She has been published in her local newspaper and “Reflected Light” is her first published poem.
