Formation
we are lichen, two in one
we are in gestation, waiting
we are at the surface coming up for air
we are contingent, unspeakable bonds unfettered by birth and death
we are courtship taken seriously
we are a marketplace ripe with innovation
we are a risk worth taking
we are interfaith equations, diversity calculated by long division
we are keeping it together, cross-stitched, no cheating
we are a bake sale, an effort to do something instead of nothing
we are ellipses. . . a convenient pause between now and then
we are the difference between is and seems
we are readymade, there for the taking
we are okay, just this once, an exception to the rule
we are deliberate, an unstoppable desert storm
we are skeleton keys commonly misplaced at the moment of departure
we are getting things off the ground
we are outsourced tenderness, someone else sewing your buttons
We Are Lichen is out of print from The Blasted Tree Store
Featured by The Blasted Tree: June 1, 2022
Razielle Aigen
Contributing Author
We Are Lichen by Razielle Aigen is a Blasted Tree original collection of poetry.
ISBN [Digital]: 978-1-987906-87-5
Cover Design by Kyle Flemmer