[Poetry] Colors of Closeness by Cricket Miller

A purple two shades lighter

than expected deepens

into an ocean shifting

with shadows and squiggles

that glow yellow, floating

above the threat of absence

that condenses into the color

of the night sky still holding on

to the idea of sunlight.

Then pink comes out

of the blue, seeing,

deciding to stay.

Cricket Miller inhabits the worlds of science and English by writing poems and essays with cool biology words. They write about nature, video games, and their queer experiences. Their poetry and essays appear in LGBTQ Nation, The I-70 Review, Into The Spine, and Mentor Magazine. Find them on their website cricketelytra.substack.com or Instagram @cricketelytra.