On the beaches of Cape Breton by Brianna Cheng

November 13, 2023
Poem title: On the beaches of Cape Breton Poet name: Brianna Cheng Poem: You asked me to put sunscreen on your back but how could I steward an island of your skin harvest pearls of awe nestled in each of your freckles in that pale pool that oasis, buttressed by the parachute silk of your shoulder blades how could you ask me to claim that acre of you? A brush a breath, breeze soft as the light I try to catch, stumbling I pray to the things not bound to this earth to get close to you, hovering to imply my presence, floating I can do everything but touch you End of poem. Credits and bio: Copyright © Brianna Cheng Brianna Cheng is a writer and student from Ontario. She was previously a Humanities Editor for the McGill Journal of Medicine and first reader for WTAW Press.