Loss of Earth and Life
Elephant Visit
I woke to find a familiar weight on my chest. It pressed and crushed the air from my lungs, Shredding and shattering something inside; I
February 25, 2022
I woke to find a familiar weight on my chest. It pressed and crushed the air from my lungs, Shredding and shattering something inside; I
Dr. Christina Gessler is a historian, photographer, and poet. In the two years leading up to the Covid outbreak, Christina lost five loved ones, one by one. She wrote this poem in safer-at-home Covid quarantine, about monitoring the news, and the grief experience of wanting to call those who aren’t there anymore to talk about it.
