Gary Lark

Jigsaw
 
It's been there
on the desktop
waiting for my hand
to unhook it
from itself.
 
I slide it to the edge
and start the uncoupling.
Plants and birds,
house and sky
tumble piece by piece
into the box.
 
How many times
has our puzzle
been together and apart?
Do we know
when we are either?
 
The scarf and the mountain,
the lily blooming in spring,
the choir singing a note and then silent,
a swirling galaxy melting into another.
We keep it here, on the shelf.
 
 
 
Gary Lark’s most recent collections are "Easter Creek," Main Street Rag, "Daybreak on the Water," Flowstone Press and "Ordinary Gravity," Airlie Press. His work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Catamaran, Rattle, Sky Island and others.