Visual Impairment
for Rowan
when you trace her lines brittle teeth
cheek-bones you’ll remember your
mother’s face know her by her
footsteps
when there is cacophony speak and
sounds will become ordered new
ride the water row and pull until you
are where you aim to be
unafraid even when alone
cut your runes in stone
Pen Kease’s poems have been published in a range of literary magazines and websites, including The Interpreter’s House, Atrium, and Prole Magazine. She lives in South Oxfordshire with husband and cat.