To Veer, per se

"If you fall, rise again"
Is not great advice

for the racehorse,

who sees through the shards of his femur

that his future's coated in gelatin and glue.

Nor for the albatross

whose bloody wing pushes her into a demented spiral

cursing the sailors below

and the bolt from the blue that did the deed

If I fall

(and I know this more certainly by far

than I know which lights in the sky are aeroplanes

and which are beckoning wisps)
I will never return

I will dissolve into the soft earth

flesh cascading 

into the ground like 

sherbet sand or sugar

and nothing will grow there again

I am Lot's wife,

I am Sweet Eurydice

but for the fact that no lover

has ever gazed back at me

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

This is a well worded poem with interesting images and references. Overall the sense is one of quiet resignation, as if the speaker believes the odds are not good. Of course, the key is not to look back. Mrs. Lot forgot that.

[zzzingbird]

thank you so much for taking the time to read and review this poem of mine, I really appreciate it. thank you for your kind words!!!