Coping
Because I had a vivid dream
I could telephone you in Heaven,
somewhere my brain believes it’s true;
delusion is a kind of redemption.
My conscious mind habituated to
our almost-daily conversation,
my unconscious has found a line
to sustain our cellular connection.
Emily Cullen is the Meskell UL-Fifty Poet in Residence. She has published three collections: Conditional Perfect (Doire Press, 2019), In Between Angels and Animals (Arlen House, 2013) and No Vague Utopia (Ainnir Publishing, 2003). Find Emily online at www.emilyecullen.com / @emilyecullen