I didn’t share with you the soul that wanders the night sky
feeling for your heartbeat. The soul that counts the four, waits to come in on the one because two and three are taken.
“It’s okay” the soul says, “the one is all we need”.
The soul that looks to connect in the aisles of grocery stores, at traffic lights, and in hallways. A forever labor for one who lives with shadows begging to inhabit flesh.
The soul that finds truth beating away on the one
The wonder is knowing your echoing heartbeat doesn’t bring me closer to you
finally, and tenderly, it brings me closer to my own
Author: Lisa Sarno
Lisa Sarno is poet, musician, and Social Worker living in Flint, Michigan. She is an avid community organizer who recently partnered with Natasha Elle Thomas and Adrioenne Torf to produce an incredible event of audience participation, music, and poetry called The Awesome Difficult work of Love. Aside from performance art and poetry, Lisa published her first book of poetry, Grasping at Stars (2025) and the chapbook was named a finalist in the Golden Crown Literary Society 2025 award. Lisa has also published works in the Voices of The Revolution collective chapbook, Poems from the Resisterhood. Lisa makes a home of poetry and writing events in and around Flint, Michigan and received 2 awards in 2026 as winner of the Flint Black History Poetry Contest and The Fenton Arts Council Poetry/Artist Mashup.