The Quietest Drumbeat
by
Radiance Angelina Petro

Someone once said Buddha
is seated on the seedpod of the lotus,
and Dante’s petal-people have much
to say about why you isolate yourself
from your own body. The day moth sleeps
on the tomato vine, and we can all hope for something
as extravagant as the future. The quietest
drumbeat is in our chest, and, in the long-run,
all the sudden-questions turn into breath,
and waking, or sleeping, we are always dreaming.