It’s a gift

It’s a gift

Mark Starling

a small blue coin
available to all

minted from a substance
that cannot be felt

embossed with an image
that cannot be seen

edged with language
that cannot be fathomed

yet must be kept close
be kept safe-

the belief kept
for it is the currency

that opens the turnstile
at the entrance to Heaven.

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Mark Starling
Poet

Mark lives in Louisiana. His work has appeared in Eucalypt, Ribbons, Eunoia Review, The Rumpus, Dirigible Balloon and elsewhere.

Photography by Thomas Fatin