Ephemeral Balance of Light
Poem by Lucie de Gentile
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The whole of a life is so light
It should be easy, breezy and bright
Moving through, sensations pouring too
Yet we add meaning and complications
Layers of social norms and emotions
When everything is so temporary
Every decision so big and small
Trying to control, add rules
Clear delimitations, labels
Giving purpose by giving pain
Losing joy by trying to seize beauty in vain
Life is such an ephemeral balance of light
Falling off, freedom in flight
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Lucie de Gentile is a recent University of Oxford graduate and is the recent winner of the 2024 University of Oxford, University College Poetry Prize. Her poetry has been published in the Oxford Blue, Hypaethral Magazine, the minority magazine Roots and their branches, Original Sin and How2bBad.