waterways – Stephanie Yue Duhem
December 20, 2020
oh the water
used to glint
like
a dove's wing
so i
dove under
under
stand me
lichen licked
stones
copper coined
fish
sing
to my
shelled shucked
heart
which
clings
clings
clings
to love
the bell-throat
of the ocean
clams
clams
clams
the boat is
the gull is
the land is
and i am