Seen

Few people see

The little details about you

Like I do:

How your fingers twitch 

Against the lunchroom table,

How contact lessens 

When uncomfortableness rises

And your voice daggers 

When boundaries are broken;

How after a long dusk

Of rivers falling upon your pillow,

I see the tiredness in your pupils.

Know full well 

That I'll be there for you,

A hand to steady the ground below

When life burdens, blow after blow.

Claire Kroening is a queer poet and editor based in Wisconsin. Their work has been published in Honeyfire Lit, Intersections Magazine, Maythorn Magazine, and The Globe Review, among many others. In their free time, they appreciate visiting art museums and studying creative writing.

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