True Intelligence by Carmen Eichman
A slumber dried
my brain, parched
my reason. Slept
too long waiting for
a dream to develop
that dissolved into
darkness. Ignorant
inertia, its torpid
descent into
a lion’s den,
warm closeness, soft coat,
coaxing purr,
a ruse to devour
my logic. Sweet, sweet
protector turned predator
its teeth now bared
spurs me to dive into
lucidity’s pool now demands
my deliverance
from its choking shadow
to emerge into sunlit radiance,
independent thinking,
true intelligence.
Author of novel, When the Ugly Comes, Carmen Eichman earned her Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and Literature from Kansas State University and is now an Assistant Professor of English and Honors Chair, living in North Carolina. Eichman’s poetry has appeared in A Little Poetry, All Things Girl, The Argotist Online, Subtle Tea, Invisible Ink, The Dan River Review, Borderline, Thick with Conviction, and Contemporary American Voices to name a few. She is currently at work on her fourth novel and third collection of poetry.
