Diana Lizette Rodriguez - i trusted thy / before thy existed

I trusted Thy / before thy existed

I trusted thy

before thy existed.

For eleven years

I curled my fingers to reach his,

I ended up touching mine.

Highlighted him

overcrowding reach,

a red tunnel

filled with doubting debris.

Moved forward

without roads or signs.

And once I met him

every aching grid of mine,

collected any

sudden rush of sadness

as my own bones.