By Arielle Lipset
I know I exist.
Yours are the eyes
carving my dust
into small piles
of nothing
You and I
sprinkle our bones
into the wind, dissolve
under the line
of lowering skies.
Who do you want to be?
Astronomy makes us small—
a blink of something.
I’m glad you agree
our names are others’ names.
Arielle is a senior creative writing student at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. While this is her first publication, she was recently awarded the 2015 Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize; presented to one F&M student each year.
Art by Quinn McNichol
Quinn grew up in Glenside, PA. After receiving a BFA from Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in 2012, Quinn continued to study painting at programs including the Mount Gretna School of Art (MGSoA) and The Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution (VACI). Quinn currently lives and paints in Lancaster, PA.