21 lines
between the rolling sets
knee-deep in salt water
sun soothing and burning my skin
fighting cool Autumn breeze
Tuesday 7:15
I realised I forgot
about you and all the flowers
withering in out backyard
the drop
made my heart beat faster than you had
convinced myself I’d die
get up, unstable surface
my feet are sound
hours later you came back
to the corner of my brain
asking about the weather
comparing different versions of yourself
now it’s the annoying sting
of something stuck on my left foot
and the smell of bleeding ink
on my ring finger.
Val Writes 