after Jack Gilbert
the horse in my mind knows the moon
well enough to not need to speak to it
when i try to talk to horses i watch their feet
aware of their weight i try to feel my own
a horse knows when you don’t know
where your own two feet are
picture both of us running
so fast my mind could quiet
Patrycja Humienik
Patrycja Humienik, daughter of Polish immigrants, is a writer and performer based in Seattle, WA. Her poetry is featured/forthcoming in Ninth Letter, Southeast Review, Passages North, BOAAT, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. She is working on her first book, Anchor Baby. Find Patrycja on twitter @jej_sen.
