“Quatern” and “Spun” by Lindsay Maroney

Quatern

I find myself turning away

from the boy I knew as playful

from the teen I knew as willful

from the man I am, stone hearted

The equinox now two days past

I find myself turning away

through a forest now crackling

with leaves marigold and russet

Stones bluish and rough, pocketed

I extract them with intention

I find myself turning away

Any other task seems too light

At the cliff’s edge I unburden

Upon sunset I am the light

A breast full of air can sigh she

I find myself

turning

Away

Spun

He hides behind she

They turn endlessly

A coin spun

Two faces

One

About Lindsay Maroney
She/Her/Hers

Lindsay Maroney is a new writer living in Colorado Springs, CO that works in poetry as well as prose. She enjoys exploring the variegations of life’s murky edges with her writing. In 2019 she was able to share her spoken word poetry on the TEDx stage.