Into the Fracture of Your Old

into the fracture of your old

into the fracture of your old
bathtub – not the new one
you live with now –
the light always
shone so, so softly
that we could stick
our fingers in, then slowly
wedge ourselves into the
divide, climb in and get
down on our knees to
wax secrets
like they were poetic
songs with the potential
to grow into oral
tradition only through
the telling and retelling –
it has been eleven months
since that old bathtub sang
.

Yi-Ching Lin

Posted over on her site Yi's Bits on "Healthy Doses"