Poem during the Plague: Poem 28

Bridget Seley-Galway

Separately  

Separately 

We melded into oneness 

became a lively chorus  

of each days anticipation 

there was something of me 

separate from you 

an unrelenting foreboding whisper 

pushed forward 

where nights aching limbs  

wore away possibilities  

and frayed like dust into ether 

then letting go  

knowing 

there is an after life 

where we are one again 

*****Bridget Seley-Galway artist/poet professional career was developing multi-disciplinary free arts centers and programming for under privileged youth. Her passion and commitment was to prove art to be a powerful tool for self-empowerment. 

Her collection of poems and images “What Moments Yield” has been published by Ibbetson Press, and has been included in the following permanent collections: N.Y.C Poets House, Sate University of Buffalo collections, Umass Amherst W.EB Du Bois Library, and the Truro Library Cape Cod. 

Her poems have also been published in Provincetown Magazine’s Poetry Corner, Wilderness House Literary Review, Poetry Porch, Ibbetson Press, and Bagel with the Bards, to name a few. Her art has been exhibited throughout New England, and reviewed in several publications, including Artist Magazine and Cape Arts. Her paintings have been selected for the covers of Bagel with Bards, Ibbetson Press, and individual poet publications.