Balance Beam

by Nancy Scott

I practice impatience, balance

it with my book on the porch rail

where I try to read Braille

with February coat sleeves,

thinking the sun must be the color

of the good poems I can only

write in April when the ice melts

and my hair curls with things to do.

I dare to wear no gloves,

read one-handed; too slow

to lure robins.

 

Nancy Scott, Easton, PA, is a blind essayist and poet.  Her over-500 bylines have appeared in magazines, literary journals, anthologies and newspapers, and as audio commentaries.  Her third chapbook, co-authored with artist Maryann Riker, is entitled “The Nature of Beyond.