Megan Frilling is a graduate of The Ohio State University and a current resident of Columbus, Ohio. She is an avid Taylor Swift fan, green tea connoisseur, and subpar plant parent. So far, her work has been published in Livina Press and you can find her on Twitter @meg_frill and Instagram @megfrill.
Prayers on Corn Silk
Previously published elsewhere
I grew up
between rows of never-ending
corn, was baptized in cheap beer
and church wine. Cut my teeth
on the stories of those who
came before me,
the ones who go out
and lived to tell the tale.
On warm afternoons,
I would stare up
through the still-green stalks
and go blind from the fractured sun,
dreaming about far away places.
Cities where no one knew
my name and streets where I
could hold hands with my lover,
share a kiss on the sidewalk.
Assured, unconstrained, proud.
Until clouds obscure the sun
and I can see again.
The Field Guide Poetry Magazine 