Single Point
By Brenda Romo
© Hakkan Lye — “Angel On My Shoulder”
A single point
That’s all we were looking for
It didn’t matter whether or not we came from different corners
Of the same canvas all that mattered
Is that there was a single, golden point we had to reach
No one asked any questions
There wasn’t any time as we all scrambled
To get to that point that single point
It was like melting together with a lover
Lines no longer existed and our insides were no longer
Being kept in one solid body, no
We merged within one another
It was bigger, brighter than any constellation
The stars were jealous because as close as they tried to get with one another
They couldn’t begin to accomplish what we had
A single point where we met as one and suddenly
Our surroundings were nothing but lines and patterns
Together we formed something greater, something that
To any other eyes had no shape, no boundary, no rhyme or reason
But to us it was art
Something God-like
And suddenly all that work that was done to get to that single point
It was all worth it
Convergence, at its most beautiful
That’s all we ever asked for
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Brenda Romo is eighteen years old, from Denver, Colorado and currently a Freshman at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She is planning a double major in English and Art in hopes of becoming a writer someday.
