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Tugs and Plucks

Rachel Sandell

I wanted to share a poem with you today: originally, I had an idea in mind for a poem, and that idea completely abandoned me. I never got that idea back, but I complained loudly enough for a fellow writer to hear. He suggested writing a poem about forgetting an idea. So, here it is!

If you want to check out my buddy’s poem (and you totally should), then check it out over on his Instagram page and tell him how much you love it!

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Tugs and Plucks

I wander in a mist 

that swirls at my 

tingling fingers

 

and plucks

at the ends of my hair

and pinches

 

the skin of my cheek.

If I could hold 

the hand of a memory 

 

lost,

could I then 

tug back

 

and earn a ghost’s smile?

Or would the mist

laugh and dissolve,

 

disappearing into the place

where every lost spark

still flickers?

 

Photo by Cole Patrick on Unsplash

Published by Rachel Sandell

Rachel Sandell is a writer and editor from Washington State, where rainy days necessitate long books, hot chocolate, and plenty of magic. Though she specializes in speculative fiction and harbors a love for the dark and enchanting, she also dabbles in poetry and is the archive project coordinator for Fireweed: Poetry of Oregon. She is an MFA graduate from the Rainier Writing Workshop, and her short stories have appeared in SORTES magazine, Night Picnic Press, and Leading Edge magazine.