Anderson Peguero

THE HYMNAL: HOW DEEP THE SILENCE OF THE SEA

another day, you forget to die.

again. again. again.

you forgot also to swim

with age. you wonder if maybe

one day you will remember, or sink

& you spill open as communion

does with the shaking of your

brittle hands & black lungs – &

free finally, dripping a little

down to floor to be cleaned

and forgotten. you are water or wine,

not breathed, escaped from,

too vast to condemn or grace.

how deep the sorrow –

how hard the tides, how strong

you must be

to not erode

Anderson Peguero II is a writer and artist based out of New York City. He has published a piece in Figure One and performed slam poetry for over four years. He currently attends Columbia University.