DEBBIE OKUN HILL

Obsidian Reflections* Against black wall of your tectonic face they’ll search for matrimonial evidence two fossils, Homo sapiens fragile skeletons of love buried in your eyes two obsidian mirrors recessed above two chiseled cheeks polished lava rock deep reflections filled with past wisdom And perhaps it is the way the sun skates across your icy surface or at times, the rough edges where I grab my footing feel myself hoisted by your spirit, I know we can last forever the exhibit on display for future archeologists who will dig dirt, discover happily-ever-after preserved a diamond anniversary ring in divorce pit of broken bones and shattered dinner plates the longest and oldest married couple a rare finding in a dead sea Copyright Debbie Okun Hill *Finalist in West End Writers 2009 Writing Contest; First published in Another Trail of Comet Dust: Poems Pulled from Earth, Okun Hill's second chapbook published by Beret Days Press 2011 ISBN978-1-897497-53-1 Debbie Okun Hill Debbie Okun Hill is President of The Ontario Poetry Society, an associate member of the League of Canadian Poets, and co-host of Spoken Word (an open mic event in southwestern Ontario). She has been writing poetry since the fall 2004 and recently had work published in Vallum, The Windsor Review, Other Voices, and The Binnacle. She has two self-published chapbooks with Beret Days Press and is seeking a publisher for her first full-length manuscript.