My journey to Africa began on YouTube, with
an image of a black leopard named Spirit.
I watched a video about him ten times at least,
his sleek silhouette imbedded in my psyche.
Amazed at his story of transformation from a snarling
beast to a gentle soul after being rescued,
I forgot about Spirit until years later I
stood before him in the Big Cat Sanctuary
and remembered the video, remembered also my
daughter’s obsessive viewing of a gymnast who
won the world record for backflips, and years later
found this girl would be her college roommate.
Some call it manifesting, magnetizing, visualizing,
or law of attraction, but I call it mystery.
- Marianne Mersereau
Marianne Mersereau grew up in the Southern Highlands of Appalachia and currently resides in the Pacific Northwest. Her first full-length book of poems, “In the Grip of Grace” was released May 2024 by Finishing Line Press. She is author of the chapbook, Timbrel (also from Finishing Line Press).
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