Two Poems by Caroline Grand-Clement
Updated: Jan 4, 2019
my god.
Caroline Grand-Clement
my god wears flannel shirts
tied around their waist.
my god has too much gender
to be bottled up
into a name.
my god trims their nails short
but never falls short
of the right words
to preach.
my god has black sneakers
& rainbow socks
upon which we lay our hope.
my god wears a black tie,
forever ready for a funeral
they did not plan.
my god braids
acceptance in all
their children’s teeth,
dyes love into our hair;
my god helps us
keep going forward.
my god wears
their skin on their sleeve
& it shines every color.
my god is a
shapeshifter.
one day they are
claiming hearts upon
mountains & the next
they are searching the sea
for some forgotten child.
my god does not claim
land they know is not
their own.
my god has met your gods
only once, but i pray
that they get along.
i start defining love by the things it leaves.
Caroline Grand-Clement is a seventeen year old, half-time poet, half-time student at an international school in Lyon, France. She dreams of art in any form, falling stars & late night conversations. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beyond the Shallows, an anthology by L’Éphémère Review, Rose Quartz Journal, and elsewhere. You can find her on Twitter, Tumblr or Instagram @octopodeshearts.