Still Light Unveils by Marissa M. Zhu

One Poem Only · Dec 20, 2025 · 2m

Still Light Unveils

Marissa M. Zhu

Moonrise drapes her muslin throat

across the room. Everything hushes.

Desire folds itself into brocade:

my letter pressed beneath perfume bottles,

your name stitched inside a pillow's seam.

The sky forgets its vowels.

Fingers braid the air with rumor.

Windows withhold our reflections.

Your face is washed in cathedral glass.

We soak harsh truths in amber-dipped tongues.

Even our silences blush.

—

Daybreak has no patience

for embroidery.

Sunlight burns what night obscured.

It peels back the curtain,

unveiling half-corked truths.

So now—

tell me what you meant…