Thursday, 20 August 2026

Spider by Andrea Gibson

All of my pain is a spider 

I’ve learned not to crush 
with the heel of my shoe 

but to guide with a page 
of my journal 
into an empty glass. 

I ask questions about 
its life, its purpose

 
as I walk careful 
out to the garden and rest 
it down on the earth. 

My pain—how happy 

it is to leave me 
whenever I treat it 
kind.

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Spider by Andrea Gibson

All of my pain is a spider  I’ve learned not to crush  with the heel of my shoe  but to guide with a page  of my journal  into an empty glas...