The
Long View
Somewhere
between its ends
is the rainbow.
I carry two sacks of gold,
which I hoard
as if gold is the
rainbow's only reason for existing.
They are heavy.
If I set them down,
perhaps I could climb
high enough to reach the middle.
I
could see everything from there
Elizabeth Mathiasen
Elizabeth
Mathiasen is a computational biologist, and graduate student living in the Bay
Area of California. Full on academic writing, she has turned to poetry as a
palate cleanser and has found it delicious. She is a jewelry artist and twee
ukulele songwriter, as well. She wishes to thank her friends and family who
love her poetry enough to suggest that she seek publication. Ariel Chart is her first publishing credit.