I have known grief
That carries the gravity
Of a star
Into all moments
Leaving nothing else
To orbit
For every day
We have escaped
I celebrate my
Light feet
With dancing
Amy Sexauer is a poet and author of Poppies, published by Dead Reckoning Collective, from which this poem was taken. She is a West Point graduate who spent nine years on active duty in Military Police and Psychological Operations units. She is currently a graduate student at Harvard University. Follow her here.
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