Aftermath
after Schubert’s Minuet in A Minor
Peace has maintained
You— someone so special
other-worldly, complacently
living out of a hope
You’ve endured many ordeals
for wearing off your devils
by the sitting bone
at dawn
de-franchising the blood cells
from slapping pains.
You’ve found joy
releasing want on earth
from your much-earned matriarch
fracturing bones
of eternal hooks
After a sage opens her window
a butterfly leaves her cocoon
outside limbo
She has obtained
the light of the high-light
© 2025 Ann Huang
Ann Huang is a poet, filmmaker, non-profit administrator, full-time frenchie parent, and part-time Traveling Show Manager for The Marin Poetry Center. Ann is making her seventh experimental film BRAZEN SAILS from Ann Huang Presents. She loves to stroll on the beach with her frenchie and practice reformation Pilates with her peers. Find out more about her work at AnnHuangPoetry.com and SaffronSplash.com.
