We walk the steps
to old cots and photos.
Paul Eluard tells us to stop
and not touch.
Play softly
on ourselves
delicate egos.
Flowers in a foreign language
work the words
of small spaces.
And descend slowly
into this world.
Robert Castagna teaches Pictures and Poetry at a local senior center. As a photographer, he has received the Massachusetts Cultural Council Photography Fellowship and The Artist's Resource Trust Grant. He has published a book of photographs and poems entitled Borderlands. He is a returning student of creative writing attending UMass Boston.