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The Proof
Am I measured by what I leave behind?
bags of unopened coffee beans,
plastic cups, finger nails in the sink.
I do not feel like the sum
of who I was and who I am.
Maybe I am all tomorrow.
On the sidewalks people pass me by.
At the shore, waves break before me.
In my dreams I am one step
away from the door,
paused at a yellow light,
in that moment
when I am neither behind nor ahead,
I reach for a doorknob,
cool, copper head in my hand.
Surely, I will not leave a print behind.
Anina Robb is a 42 year old poet living in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband and two neat kids. She earned a MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, and has published poems in Nebo, The White Pelican Review, Rilvendel, and Oatmeal and Poetry. This June her poem "Triangle" will appeared in the print edition of Emerge.
Email: Anina Robb
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