Patience, Dreamer
I lit an old candle to coax brilliance:
it spit little sparks when the dust caught fire;
and outside my window,
a poem waltzed past
with a broken verse on its tale.
“A storm is coming,” it sang,
“but I’m too happy dancing
to take shelter tonight.”
And within a moment,
The wind had swept it away.
Chana G. Miller grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska, but now lives in Ireland. While she dabbles with poetry and short stories, she predominantly aspires to be a novelist. Her work, which explores topics such as identity crises and trying to be a better human, can be found in Ropes Literary Journal (2019), and the 18th issue of Into the Void (February 2021). She is a soon-to-be graduate of NUI Galway with a Bachelor of Arts with Creative Writing, and is working on her debut novel.