Justin Robinson
Inside the Circle
the day you sulked home
with legs covered
in crimson cloth
I knew you'd fallen
in the rosebushes
that circled the house
as if nature
tried to reclaim you
I saw arms
wrapping thorns
around your calves
pulling you toward
the warm soil
years later I realized
it wasn't the fall
that bothered you
Bio
Justin Robinson is an MFA candidate at San Francisco State University.