Grapple – a poem by Mary Baca Haque

Grapple

glorify in the grapple here
bearing the tussle whilst
the obstructions of light await
the fleeting moments to pass
in the meandering clouds—

the accomplice to our silent
walks of coping, confronting
meaning is our given climb,
our tasks in thought, then
the leaf falls in comforting color
to still green grasses changing—

we lull, we rest in our new love
calling out nascent words, we
stumble upon our triumphant
as luminescence finds a crack,
the next temporary place—

where we are supposed to be

Mary Baca Haque is a Chicago poet that loves beautiful words in verse. You can find her past featured poetry in the Wild Roof Journal, Cosmic Daffodils Journal, Amethyst Review, Seraphic Review, Closed Eye Open Journal, The Bluebird Word, WayWords Literary & Macrame Literary. A publication, Painting the Sky with Love (acquired for a picture book), released 11/2024 (MacMillan). She loves to experiment in verse poetry, spend time with family and resides with her partner in Chicago, IL along with her mini goldendoodle Georgina.