Origami
You do not overlook my flaws,
do not dismiss them, but instead
flatten them out, fold them into
paper cranes, and toss them
to the four winds. Your hands,
not especially deft but
full of diligence, know how
to create crisp creases,
which corners to pull and
which edges to sharpen to
ensure that each fault
does not fall flat, but
expands into something with
substance and life. You toss
them up, and they soar,
saffron and jade and crimson
against the slate grey sky,
against your blue eye,
and I blink away the sun
rising over the riverbed.
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Victoria Sullivan is a emerging poet and writer of fiction from Vanceburg, Kentucky. She is a senior at Transylvania University majoring in English Literature, and currently resides in Lexington. “Origami” is her debut publication.
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