June 2019
The Doorknobs
by Krista Rossi
The divided doorknobs hang in their coffin,seeing no sight of their shared possessionyet holding onto their grounded halves.
While a bright brass braves the lightand reveals the sun, a silent silver cowersand hides the moon in a desperate fear.
One side buried, the other exhumed;One wood warm, the other bitter;One knob lost, the other found.
A single, right turn is all that is needed—but how easily one can get lost amongshadows and insufferable burdens.
The Tree of Life, made into the coffin,kills so it may live—only then can thehand find the moon and turn.