Poetry by Clayton Arble

                 ​David Prasad CC




Silence And Light

I woke up in a car with a woman I didn't know. It wasn't her car. It wasn't my car. “Drive,” she said. “Where?” “Anywhere.” The headlights told us where to go.  We filled the minutes of silence staring at the road. “What do you think brought us together?” she finally asked. The answer was a secret neither of us knew, but I felt safe in the world of that car.  We watched the yellow lines flash by. The darkness was always ahead of us. “Whatever it is, it has something to do with light.”

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Clayton Arble is a poet from the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. They are currently in their second year at Hampshire College where they study literature and creative writing.

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