Ed Gaudet

Origami

for Katie

I've folded
the corners
of your life,
slowly
lining edges,
creases,
deliberately closing
space, swallowing

form from breath,
joints, pulsing tips.
Suddenly wings,

appear,

giving function
of balance, form
purpose;

and you look
up,       outstretched:

receiving

light,

take flight.  

Ed Gaudet is a writer who lives in Hanover, Massachusetts, where he is a cybersecurity software entrepreneur in healthcare. He has written for Forbes Magazine. His journey with poetry began at an early age and grew during university where he studied under poet Ruth Lepson and was greatly influenced by Robert Creeley. While attending Bentley University, he was the Editor-in-Chief of its literary magazine, Piecework. In 1999, Ed was awarded the grand prize for his poem, "Sitting Shiva," which appeared in Into the Sun.