Guest Writer: Rachel Goldenberg
Before I started my blog, I had the thought of showcasing the writing talents of many of my friends. I'm happy to announce that my dear friend Rachel is the first (of hopefully many!) guest writers that will be featured here. I've been a huge fan of her work for many years so it is truly an honor to be able to feature her work on this silly blog I've started. Below is a poem she wrote and submitted to be featured.
Even the Earth
By, Rachel Goldenberg
There was an earthquake in Manhattan today
And I know you know this but
I’m a thousand miles away
And still I felt my brain
Shake in my skull.
Gelatinous and stuck in its own slime, a
pearl in its oyster’s shell
You’re just a surface that I touched.
Tectonic, a movement
Of my hand over the angles of your body.
I want to perforate you
Rip you clean in half
I want to breathe bad air
And never dream again
I want to beg you to linger for a moment by the door
pretend like you never wanted to leave
I want to jump ship
Bite your bottom lip as I
carve into my own olive skin.
If I’m a broken heart you’re a masquerade
And I’ve never known who you’re hiding from
So we’ll wait together for this humanness to overthrow us
For time to show itself to the door
It can’t wait for the tea to cool
Even the Earth has to move
on.
You can check out more of Rachel's work, here: https://thegoldennotebook.substack.com/