Miscarriage
Christine Steward-Nunez

Gauzy film between 
evergreens is a web

of loss. Get closer. Reach
to touch the shimmering 

gossamer and your finger
pushes through. Remember

filling that space with desire?
someone else might grieve

the spider who abandoned 
this home; others grow anxious

waiting for a deer for a week
to wreck it. But you--

you grieve the net of thought 
span inside your own womb:

intricate and glossy and strong.