Your fingers
- mine,
so thin.
Vine
climbs up,
in heavy braids.
Coils love the
marble
mezzanine.
Cold
under your fingers,
cold licks on ivory.
Your fluttering eyes
- mine,
among the
malachite and
howlite,
cold licks on ivory.
Anna Shirshova (she/her) is a poet who studies and lives in London. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in The Writers’ Block, WinglessDreamer, Blue Daisies Journal, and W.E.I.R.D. Anna is also a co-founder and editor for an online magazine The Literary Canteen. Her poetry is tender and elegant, with a sense of timelessness and stillness.