Arrival – Fall 2001
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When you arrived in charcoal October, we swept up every last hairball and mote, scrubbed the pine floor into a fine shimmer and wiped down the bulk of our winter coats. When you arrived that windburned afternoon we’d heard the jangle of Harry Potter, Ron, Snape, and Hermione, but their tune in our ears was faint whistle and simmer. When you arrived we appeased the doctor’s desire for sleep, giving up our own in the smoldering ashes of terror, fallen towers, remains of skin and bones. It was mercy to rock with you at night, to touch your hair in the soft, morning light. [End Page 122]
Mark D. Bennion teaches writing and literature classes at Brigham Young University, Idaho. His poems have appeared in a variety of literary journals, including Aethlon, The Cresset, The Lyric, Natural Bridge, and RHINO. He is the author of two poetry collections: Psalm & Selah: a poetic journey through the Book of Mormon (Parables Publishing, 2009) and Forsythia (Aldrich Press, 2013). bennionm@byui.edu
