Origin Story by Charlene Kwiatkowski Back when dreams were currency and beauty could save the world a firefly landed on the moon the earth twitched in her sleep and gardens grew. A lover whispered in the dark I can see all of you and the words touched the spine of happiness. Nights were warm but not hot a breeze sang through the open window and time was measured in tides. Little was required at first light save a greeting hands cupped to receive the day’s offering small as an insect’s wing fluttering against a force that pulls and pulls.
Charlene Kwiatkowski is a Canadian writer whose debut poetry chapbook ‘Let Us Go Then’ was published in 2021 with The Alfred Gustav Press. Her work has appeared in Ekstasis, Crux, Arc Poetry Magazine, Vallum, and elsewhere. In 2020, she won Pulp Literature’s annual Magpie Award for Poetry. She works in communications and occasionally blogs at textingthecity.wordpress.com. Charlene lives in Port Coquitlam, BC with her husband, daughter, and twin sons.
