By Darcy Isla
I am supposed to be writing a poem about
Mileva Marić
but with you homed in the top-right corner of my screen
brown skin glowing in the incidental triangles of morning light
your face of concerned concentration directed at the screen
long hair free
asymmetrical slack-neck black top—professional, but tired
human, intimate
face reacting to the screen
staring up for inspiration
how am I supposed to write anything but you
Darcy Isla (she/they) is a queer, bisexual actor-writer of mixed British and Asian heritage, based in North Yorkshire, UK. As well as poetry, she writes short stories, fiction, memoir, and scripts for stage and screen.