wildscape. literary journal

Double Line
by Eva Alter

“You and I could see into the same eternity” - Adrianne Lenker, Sadness As A Gift


I.

Some land somewhere still bears 
twin footsteps. Eleven months ago
we stopped a quarter mile down
from the trailhead to witness

pine-moss illuminated in brilliance.
You were silent then, too,
your hushed breath bearing only awe.

II. 

Just a nod to substantiate the mutation.
What other persuasions of death
did you consider?

Was the short drop a kindness?
You spent all rounds but one.
Left the last as caustic bargain.

III.

My ears are ringing to fill the dead air.

about the author // Eva Alter

Eva Alter (she/her) is an emerging poet from the Southeast. Her work focuses on nature, memory, decay, and rebirth.

Instagram: @eva.alter.poet
Twitter/X: @eva_alter00