I watched the tide nip at the sandThe waves swashed and ebbedmoving forward in grand, crashing thruststhen pulled violently backagain and againA rhythmic pattern; an aggressive lullabyEach pull stealing pieces of the sandintertwiningmolecules floating into the vastnessFurther out the water is steady, cleartinted by the blue of the summer skyshimmering like scattered glass under the... Continue Reading →
Walls drip acidic slimerunning down the mirrors that cover every crevice. They reflect and glint offeach other- burning me, blinding me.Voices echo- bellowing: fat, ugly, whale, bitch. I recognize every one, all strangers- passerby’s in the hallways. Those boys twist my brain, bashing and tauntinguntil I believe. My vision morphs: mirrors produce a monster.Eyes narrowed,... Continue Reading →
Water trickles overrocks, under crevicescreating an intricate mazebubbling and churning-forced in streamlinedirection, constantlyswishing, sloshing. Murmurs of Mother Naturepushing each molecule onwardsand me sitting on that warm rock, water nippingat my toes, wishing itreally was as simpleas this. Photo by Manuela Adler on Pexels.com
K.J Stafford 