WHAT THE LIGHT CAN CONJURE

If you find it
(and it may
find you unexpectedly),
hold on to it with your eyes
for a very long time.
Stretch it out against the evening
before it disappears.
If you’re lucky,
you can watch it go
back to where it came from.


Words and image by Sarah Rehfeldt. Please do not copy without my permission.

Poem published in Amethyst Review (July 2023).

Published in Windhover, vol. 15 (April 2011).