The Rift

The Rift

Rift

Jolene Nolte

 

The nothing that is everything
stretches indeterminately.

Raw ache rivers down my throat, cleaves
my ribcage, then scars and craters my core.

How do I yet hold together?
What am I held together for?

Swimming backstroke over the deep
end, my sides alternately tilt.

Unease subsides as Iā€™m steadied
by my rift, this column of breath, proceeding.


Jolene Nolte
Poet & Editor

Jolene is freelance writer and editor. A recent graduate of Regent College, she currently resides in Vancouver, BC where she cherishes her friends, the abundance of green, and drinks large volumes of coffee. She is a poetry editor at Curator Magazine, and her poetry has appeared in Red Rock Review, Crux, Fathom Magazine, and Pensive.

Photography by Chansy