Honeycomb

Honey seeps through hexagons,
sextets of geometric crust.
But hexes are words
she whispers in my ear;
syrupy spits of language
that wrap and stick around my tongue.
The queen bee sips
on the tears
that spiral down my chin
as I try to lick
the sugar sticking to my lips.

Erynn Pontius works at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. She graduated with honors from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Arts in Writing and Rhetoric Studies and a minor in Creative Writing. Most recently, her poems and short stories have been featured in The Hungry Chimera, The Canticle, and Burning House Press.