i’ve never understood the people who
gently toast their marshmallows to golden
perfection. but sometimes i envy them –
going ever-so-slowly, patiently waiting.
i’m always rushing right into the fire,
welcoming the heat, mesmerized
by dark edges, with no regard for the
scorched and sticky consequences…
hoping to make something delicious from
burnt sugar and smoldering remains.
Julie Clark is an attorney and mixed media artist who is currently pursuing her MFA at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Asheville, North Carolina. (She’s still trying to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up but, in the meantime, writing poetry makes her very happy.)