She made an imaginary friend of

herself.

Pulled a candy thread from the air

& hoisted it up

as a sail she dangled from,

spinning —

spider diaspora on dandelion seed wings

Invisible  

electromagnetic currents

carried her flying

aloft across the oceans.

Traveling with the phosphorus

sands of the Sahara to replenish the Amazon.

Landing with the rain & growing into forest.

Mythica made an imagination into a tree.

And countless lives are living in it —

on top of a little girl, curled up in the rootball.

& her little wrist

lifted

by tendril hooks

through her 10 karat

Italian gold bracelet

as the mycelium finally reaches her lonely,

chewed-up fingertips,

a whole rainforest of friendship flourishes.

As she lives in dreams & head-bound images

of needing, and being needed.

Bianca Ambrosino is a somewhat reclusive poet from Richmond, Virginia. Her sensory-based, Autistic perspective illuminates universal themes with startling connections and vivid synesthesia. She spends her time writing, walking outdoors, raising her children, and reading countless academic papers/ scientific publications (for fun). Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in: The Awakenings Review, Merion West, AAWP: Meniscus, NonBinary Review and many more.