Primer

Melanie Alberts

May 15, 2022

I 

I dream

I walk

I plant seeds

I water the sprout

I feed lambs

I chase the fox

I bag the fleece

I gather nuts

I comb the wool

I boil shells

I stir the dye

I spin the thread

I wind the spool

I smile back

I gather a poesy

I feed the needle

I sew a dress

I marry a man

I memorize sums

I keep a fine house

I shut my eyes

I scream at the wall

I give them names

I sing a song

I cool a fever

I spin patience

I can perseverance

I memorize lies

I feel my heart stop

I shut my eyes

I feed the earth

I seep into creeks

I am not marked by stone

I am 

I

Writer and psychic artist Melanie Alberts works at the University of Texas at Austin. Her writing and artwork have or will appear in Drifting Sands, Sleet Magazine, Cold Moon Journal, Failed Haiku, Texas Poetry Assignment, Ransom Center Magazine, Just This, The Austin Chronicle, Borderlands, bottle rockets, and others. Follow Melanie on Instagram @clair.circles.spirit.art.