is a fieldÂ
             as long as the butterflies sayÂ
                                    it is a fieldÂ
Â
with their flight
Â
                     it takes a long timeÂ
to see
                         like light or sound or language
                                           to arrive
and keepÂ
                         arriving
Â
Â
                    we have more
than six sense dialect
                                   and i
am still
       adjusting to time
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               the distance and its permanence
Â
i have found my shortcuts
Â
               and landmarks
                             to place
Â
where i first took form
                                              in the field
Copyright © 2022 by Marwa Helal. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on October 3, 2022, by the Academy of American Poets.