What I Mean Is That

Lauren Saxon

she calls her grandma everyday. stops and smells 

each flower she walks by. picks a single lilac just for 

me. when I say she is good. I mean just that. because 

who else, at a time like this, chooses to focus only on 

growth. on what blooms and what they have to offer. 

still. even though there is no need to apologize, she 

explains, how sorry she feels. for anyone who has 

never gotten to look into my eyes. now—more than 

ever, I begin to understand. why all plants turns to 

face the sun. lean into her warmth, again and again.

Lauren Saxon is a 22 year old poet and mechanical engineer from Cincinnati Ohio. She attends Vanderbilt University, and relies on poetry when elections, church shootings, and police brutality leaves her speechless. Lauren's work is featured or forthcoming in Flypaper Magazine, Empty Mirror, Homology Lit, Nimrod International Journal, and more. She is on staff at Gigantic Sequins, Assistant Editor of Glass: A Journal of Poetry and spends way too much time on twitter (@Lsax_235). Learn more at www.laurenmsaxon.com