Glacial Ghosts – Taylor Graham

Nanutak in Yellow (Apparitions and Glacial Ghosts), 2021

Glacial Ghosts

the mountain’s sunlit hand, stone fingers
pointing skyward – and the spaces between

an eroding itch between the fingers
the hand beckoning, guiding you upward –

and the itch that pulls you off your bearing
daring you past your caution

drawing you to the space between
to an unmapped vista – vision of the deep

below, beyond – apparitions
and the ghosts

Taylor Graham