MICROPOETRY

Life-Objects

A poem

my bookshelf / photo by Samantha Hellmann

I hold fast to life-objects
my camera, my guitar, my books, my mother’s chain
mean more than the materials that make them up

I make them up
give meaning to things
those things become talismans
they give me hope

But

can’t we give ourselves hope
become amulets, jewels of our
own encrusted bodies

Not idols or artefacts

Just

moving beings glowing golden light
the motion, the unity of parts
wholeness
I hold fast to myself

Thanks to the editors for publishing and thank you for reading!
Samantha Hellmann