Madison Zehmer
from ANC063: whisper back to earth

genesis

I took a bite of the sun once / let it collapse inside /

     a celestial unbecoming: 
           protostar into bloodmarrow / 
                     gamma-ray ichor into nerves / 
           ​supernova into acidbones /

and God said let there be light, and there was light. 

the photosphere calling skinghosts home / and the core
propelling glare into matter / waking sungiants from rest 

stirring fractals of star in varicose veins / tumbling lights​

                     ​rising from astral graves / 
           ​cradling hands / molting into radiance 

molting into song 

Madison Zehmer

Madison Zehmer is a sometimes poet and educator from North Carolina, living in NYC. She loves music, history, Judaism, and cats.