Mostly I'd like to be a spider web

A poem by C.T. Salazar

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Mostly I'd like to be a spider web

For Charissa

because in the rain I’d look like a cracked window
without a church to belong to. You could look

through me and see the world in front of us.
One time, my ex-lovers made a road of tongues for me.
I took my shoes off to feel the song a little better,

and cut a note short with each step.

I want to tell you how many churches
I’ve been building to praise little things that deserve
more than their few seconds of existence.

Like the time I opened the door, smelled hibiscus
perfume and knew you were home.

Like the time a child told me there was a God
and because he was smiling, I believed him.

Mostly, I’d like to be a spider web to feel you walk through.
To see if you’ll take me with you, despite the spider I bring.