Welded inside another mind
her words opened
for the first time
the way of Zen
climbing the neck
like a waterfall of
dolomite and gypsum
my eyes closed
gravity reversed
scents of being lifted
airborne and fragrant
George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, The Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Havana Times, South China Morning Post, The Buffalo News, and more.
See all his poems on Tea House here.