NO Answer

By Lia Purpura

No answer but stance,

no solving but moving

sideways, and

showing.

Not finishing

ministering.

Maintenance not construction.

Unwinding, bewildering

the day’s tightness,

the overfilled hours.

No flinching,

fledging,

wings untacked,

moments unstacking,

stormraising, pollensifting,

and free now,

the stories unworded

and given,

not wielded.

Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/1710611/no-answer