Yellow Arrow Vignette | LUMINATE
a child runs
Cynthia Via
among purple flowers, cotton dandelions
a child runs unimpeded for soft sunset clues
to existential musings not yet formed,
staying as image or thought arising
caught in a smile, enlivened by small legs to cover land,
the reaching for indigo sky, arms to bulbous clouds,
the sway of a hammock, she watches stars,
birds desperate to land for the long night
as blistery blustery wind carries our bodies,
unstuck from the inside, papery leaves
diaphanous over her eyelashes
About the author
Cynthia Via is a Peruvian writer, educator, and editor living in Maryland. She explores feminine angst, the duality of motherhood, and the confluence between nature and emotion, with work published in The Acentos Review, Write or Die, Coffin Bell, and Grace & Gravity, among others. She is a graduate of the VONA Voices and Tin House workshops, and currently serves as a submission reader and editor for Trio House Press. During her off-hours, she spies on birds and performs stand-up comedy.