SHORT POEM
MY NEW NOSE
by V. Bray
I got my witch’s nose at 50.
Destiny struck and fractured it
during the pandemic
when I was isolated and alone
and unable to go to the ER.
After two weeks,
nobody knew that all hope was lost.
The bump remains a reminder
of my grandmother
from the ancient fir forests:
escaping a war,
forced to travel light
leaving her mother,
father and sister behind
a linger iron curtain.
I feel the weight of her obligation
to live along each edge and line
of my new profile.
I try not to run from my shadow,
knowing I will grow
into my new nose.
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V. Bray has been writing since she was a child and still keeps a box full of her early “books,” often illustrated with markers and bound with yarn. She writes in various genres, including speculative fiction, historical fiction, and poetry. Her work has been published in About Place Journal, Halfway Down the Stairs, Multiplicity Magazine, and The Writer magazine.
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