EXITING THE HOSPITAL

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

exiting the hospital

after visiting an old friend

Eye saw the emptied harbour view

for the first time

since Eye had been a patient

walled in by brick & glass

years & years ago —

The View, lit clear

spread Itself out to Me

w/ tidal banks exposing

the water basin of rivulets

& hummocks of spruce & rock

along Its edges —

for the first time

Eye saw Its Majesty

in the evening light

Eye felt the corporeality

of M(eye) Cure