Cold Landscape by: Amalia Saldivar, Oil Pastel with Charcoal, 2018
Gypsy Moth
her large wings like carbon,
onion skin thin,
black and white duplicates.
fragrance flies through the treetops
as loose leaves in a breeze.
mobility a rash in need of a cure.
planted in earth’s dark soil secure
she hides inside
dark cracks of something greater.
her bright, anxious soul a dying star
inside blue vapor,
below a webbed reality.