Nina gibson
The Space You Left
My heart
is flapping in the wind,
again
I want to write
about the moon—
But you keep circling me
as if you could swallow the sun.
Don’t you see?
Even the trees
are bending their existence
to breathe you in.
Nina Gibson is a writer and mom living on the coast of Maine. Nina’s poetry explores the depths of grief, love, trauma and the human condition of being alive. Her work has previously been published in Beyond Words Magazine.