"In the Absence of Breath" by Maudie Bryant

In the Absence of Breath

I cradle the space where memories drift.
Faint
into
near
syncope.
Faint
onto
hard
ground.
Faint
where I cradle the space-drift memories.

___

8/14/2024

Maudie Bryant is a multidisciplinary artist and educator living in Northern Louisiana. Her writing often explores the depths of human experience, surveying the disquiet lurking beneath the surface. A University of Louisiana Monroe MA graduate, her poetry appears or is forthcoming in Anodyne Magazine, Susurrus, and orange juice, the poetry journal.