I’m Like Nelly Furtado

I’m beautiful, that’s for sure—

grass cradles me like an egg.

Baby, round body of light I rise

like a tree—arm branches, leafy hair,

I swallow the heat of the world

like a pelican does the sea.

My mouth is a nest

for feather, shell, a future for all

I will be. I’m a breath, a soft/moody glow,

a floating possibility.

I could fly away, but I don’t.

I know where my home is, I fall

into my own arms.

Bri Griffith earned her MFA in poetry from Florida International University in 2021. Her work has appeared in Columbia Poetry Review, Court Green, FreezeRay, and elsewhere. She was a Best New Poets nominee in 2021. Griffith is a writing instructor and professional tutor at Community College of Allegheny County; she lives and writes in Pittsburgh, PA.