Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Heaps

I’m floating on saltwater
my hands the weakest oars
splintered with stinging words
sickened by the steady tumble
light swish and heavy drop
my stomach clenched tight
I look up high but
clouds loom each night
and shroud the North Star.

"Don’t stop now!"
they tell me.
"You've come so far."








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