Thank you to Mark Antony Rossi of Ariel Chart for publishing my poem today.

https://www.arielchart.com/2020/08/mesmered.html

Mesmered

Boxcars and ghettos,

shattered histories lie broken.

Moon and stars,

pale white like grain on a stalk.

Joy and elation,

both sensed when one voice is found in the sky.

Ethereal,

smidgens of solitude and truth.

A fragrant bath 

of my most desirable dreams,

as stunning as

the amazing quiet

of a lone path through a woods.