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By Philip Bulman A 19-year-old pregnant Guatemalan woman died from injuries suffered when she fell trying to climb the U.S. border wall. Medical personnel tried to deliver her baby, but were unsuccessful. March 2020 Now it is too late to greet Mirian by name, too late for her to tell us the name of her unborn child. Unrooted, they left no petals in the sands of sorrow, only nameless tracks. Someday I will cross my final border free of desert dust. I expect Mirian will meet me on that eternal day. All three of us will dance as she chants and sings her baby’s name. Philip Michael Bulman, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, currently lives in Maryland. His poems have appeared in Eastern Structures and Gargoyle.
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