Connections

2023 Annual Literary Contest

3rd Place
Poetry

Andrew Szemeredy
London, ON

Connect the dot with the i,

Said the teacher, while I

Wondered why

The dot and the i

Are still separate.

 

Connect the point

with the other point

Drawing a line

while my mind idly strayed

Why the line must be straight.

 

Connect the word with god,

The preacher sterny bellowed out,

And I was speechless…

I could not see how the priestess

Had no clue or an impress

Of my disconnectedness.