Rachel Robles

This work is part of TAG: A Poeta Project. It is a  response to Quills by Bruce Adams 

“Quásar – A response to Bruce Adams”

i am a part of this body.
its least common part.
i am its instance of immortality.

i’ve become this soul’s inscription,
its conduit
and its touch.
and i am no longer here;

          no longer overpowered
by the complexity of my stillness,
i’ve surrendered to non-identity;

become an object—
over-spilling its frame.

          i’ve negated my center
and inhabited its absence.

this anonymity is not my enemy;
it is my solace
demanding to be heard.

i am NOW ink
on blood—
becoming one,
LIVING quill—
belonging to
no one.

By Rachel Robles