- Poetry
Found Poem — Beauty in Survival
Matthew Smith
What was it like
those last days?
The slow passage of the sun
across the sky.
We have traveled so far together.
What’s happening?
Epidemic
Survivalism
What’s it like?
Living out here?
Living
Because Survival is insufficient .
There’s still a world out there,
Outside this.
Just go out
And survive.
But Survival is insufficient.
It was extraordinary
It was disorientating
At first she couldn’t comprehend what she was seeing.
Pinpricks of light.
Peaceful.
Living through
Survival.