Two Poems

written in emotion, edited by grace

Attention, Announcement 1 by Lane Timothy Speidel

I want to speak but I don’t want to

add

anything

to the cacophony.

I want to speak the softest word

there

is

inside of the firmest clap.

I want to say it’s

okay

but

it’s time to get strong.

I want to say that we

got

each other

but I can’t carry your

fantasy. It’s

too

heavy

for me to lift.

The love of my life

is

the love in my …