returning for a momentthe answers are temporarythe too large thingswe grasp on tothe neckand its minute wildernessthe small things – thoughts, hopes –we take for a walkand leave in our wake, a snail trailno one will followthe fresh green edges of each leafprovide a perimeterwe edge aroundunable to nameexactly what about each leafis available, a possible invitinganonymous and familiarthe subtle sound of air between usfilling the tremendous lapsesbecomes a centerfires up our most beautiful gangliahow it swellswe don’t know howwe trust it____Linda Russo is the author of three books of poems: Meaning to Go to the Origin in Some Way (Shearsman 2015), Participant, winner of the Lost Roads Press Brigham Award (2016), and Mirth (Chax Press, 2008); To Think of Her Writing Awash in Light was selected by John D'Agata as the winner of the Subito Press lyric essay/creative nonfiction prize (2016). She lives in eastern Washington State.