I say, "I am lost" by Gillian Cummings

I say, I am lost.

Find a path back,

you tell me,
your hands holding
breadcrumbs.

But they disappear—

birds’ beaks like dusk.



Gillian Cummings is the author of two poetry collections: The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter (CLP, 2018), and My Dim Aviary (Black Lawrence Press, 2016). She lives in Catskill, NY with her composer husband and her parrot.