Storm Cellar
This is one of the paradises
that we get to
by opening the blue-flaked door
and entering the earth,
by putting everything on hold
and saying I love you,
even as the battering rams
blow through our houses
and the malevolent rain
drills into the floor,
leaving us to stumble
into a second darkness,
where the white flowers
are stark as serpents,
and the root of grace
is nearer to our feet.
Seth Jani lives in Seattle, WA and is the founder of Seven CirclePress (www.sevencirclepress.com). Their work has appeared in The American Poetry Journal, Chiron Review, The Comstock Review, Ghost City Review, Rust+Moth and Pretty Owl Poetry, among others. Their full-length collection, Night Fable, was published by FutureCycle Press in 2018. Visit them at www.sethjani.com.