Hills and Valleys
GREEN GLOBE ANTHOLOGY: EDITED BY
Rolling down a hill in slow motion
O’er the jagged rocks and pebbles
Plummeting to a yawning valley
Left alone to ruminate on my journey
I find myself famished for mothering marrow from things inside
yet I am a constant consumer of souring sorrows from things outside
thinking maybe I should pick a side
in the quiet corridors of the mind
the heart keeps secrets in its walls
in chambers deep where no one goes
sacred spaces unbound
as hills and valleys sing
a universe untold
conscious through the darkness
the truest version of me knows
as splendid silver wings unfold
the person held within my soul.
Jacques Fleury is a Boston Globe featured and internationally published Haitian American poet, theater reviewer, educator, author of numerous books of essays, reviews, fiction, poetry and literary arts student through Harvard University. He was chosen among over 4, 000 competitors from 83 countries as the Recipient of the International Naji Naaman Literary Prize for Creativity (2026) and a Certificate of Participation for his “…esteemed contribution of poetry to the anthology Water: The Source of Life (Volume IV)” presented by La Fenetre De Paris. — Visit website for bio, books, CDs, essays, articles, short stories & poetry… http://www.authorsden.com/jacquesfleury