Voyeurism

The fog is singing. It might be
a love song. It might be
that every droplet of water

has lungs
and wings
and a heart

pounding

just for this
piece of ground.

Clouds kiss the mud.
I’m caught

between,

trying not to gape,
unable to turn away,
unable to still

my thrumming heart,
unwilling to clip
my sudden wings.

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Lisa Jensen is a poet and novelist from Nicholasville, KY. She writes the poetry Substack “Wild Ground,” and her debut novel, “All Is Well,” was published in 2025.