Anna Annasach
I could stand
a few crepuscular sun rays
right about now
with the gloaming
settling across the landscape
empty and deliciously abandoned.
I could stand
a nod from the natural realm
a familia
that this thing is part of us
in our web
and we in its.
I could stand
a nod from my long gone grandparents
who conceived Pop
in a pandemic
spirit on they’d whisper
and heed the sun rise.
Bhrian Tobar
Bhrian is a poet living among America’s Great Lakes. Twitter @BhrianTobar
About This Poem
"Annasach” is commonly translated in Scottish Gaelic as “unusual” and in this case, Anna speaks to the unusual idea that the corona virus is not something foreign to our human experience but part of our natural web and therefore something we will need to learn to live with, as we remember sources for our resilience.
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