Stone-Faced by Anne Marie Wells

Photo by Khoa Tran

stone-faced

on this stone sink

his full moon head stares

at my stolen breath.

He learned anew

how to worship like a boy

among the candles or

wreathed flowers,

the way Mary prayed

below six crossed feet,

her two lungs anchors

in a porcelain basin.

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The Author

Anne Marie (She/Her) is a playwright, poet, and storyteller. She navigates the world as a queer woman with a chronic illness

Anne Marie Wells