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Forgotten

I’ve lost it. (I have it) I don’t know where it has gone. At least I know I’ve lost it, Maybe that means I can find it again Before it’s too late. (And it will be soon) He searches his mind For where he put it. (With the pictures of his daughter as a child) […]

The Escaping Breath

The little girl’s breath has escaped at last. (The wind swallowed it) She stops in her tracks, Her face aghast. I’ve taken it away, the wind whispers If you want it back, You’ll have to go and quest, For I have already blown Your breath to the west. The girl hears the wind And decides […]

The Pearl

he has gone too deep this time for twelve years old. his breath escapes him in a pale green bubble that shivers and shimmers, the size of his fist. although his mouth opens wide-wide-wide, sea fills his lungs. the bubble floats on. (a shoal of tiny fish flick by, nudging the sphere between quicksilver bodies. […]

It Seems I’ve Misplaced My Sister

It seems I’ve misplaced my little sister. Oh it is nothing – just a sister – a child like any other. (Does my older sister love me? One can never be sure.) My sister has our mother’s eyes and lashes that lick the loops of her cheekbones, just like Grandmother’s. But otherwise, just another child. […]

The Boat Without an Ocean

The fishing boat dropped anchor into the clouds, balanced precariously on a skyscraper’s edge and rumbling a fog horn roar for help, he sang of such sweet false promises: Mighty Seas, wash away my sins! Oh sea, come visit me at night! (a giant had drank it) and I will never live for want of […]

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