“Only a Blur” by Alexander Kravetz
Illustration by A&L Journal Writing Editor and Social Media Chair Aileen Dosev.
Assortment made one, secondaries clear:
The eyes made blind by bridge between---for not
Are the eyes left aligned, save budding tears.
The world austere before the pair, and naught
But rim in sight; though otherwise fair hue
To see: shape, shadow, distance---not quite, quite.
Now, verdant clods and scarlet globs roam blue
Blobs near round; bits of black and grey and white---
No doubt in hereabout. So intermixed
Are wordless books and handless, timeless clocks;
A world of less, vagues galore, gaze affixed
To none. You are the bridge that makes the clots---
The primaries stretched thin---and though some eyes
See through these rims, I fear mine fail descry!
Alexander Kravetz is currently a freshman at the University of Michigan. He is part of the College of Literature, Science, & the Arts, and he is a member of the Lloyd Scholars of Writing and the Arts learning community associated with Alice Lloyd Hall.
