J.R.W.

Photograph by Natalie Silver

By Hannah Meyer

He who makes you deaf & blind,

carves lines into your face,

eats you from the inside.

Entombed in blue

you glint through 

a thousand mummified stars.

Flowers bloom into oblivion

birds drown in sky 

I want crawl into the crescendo of your laugh 

live forever.

Hannah Meyer is a writer, director, and dramaturg who recently graduated from Muhlenberg College. She is a fan of sudden lightning storms, chutzpah, and finding the perfect bagel.