Taya Sanderson Kesslau
A Few Days of Normal
An impossible turn
from this to that
when the scales are unbalanced.
When heaviness
is sticky like glue
is thick as quicksand.
Disappointments linger,
rattle and batter.
Hard to see when the light is dim.
To return to the dance floor
at the tip of a pin.
Bio
Taya Sanderson Kesslau believes that beauty will save the world. And poetry, and cookies, and kindness. She has been a homeschool mother, the CFO of a music business, and is a practicing Reiki Master. Her published book of poetry is called Seven Year Silence and her work has also appeared in 3rd Wednesday, Door=Jar, and Cirque. She lives in Bellingham, Washington with her sweet husband and their many 4-legged creatures.