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Ocean's Ebb & Flow

April 21, 2023
By jellifish PLATINUM, Foster City, California
jellifish PLATINUM, Foster City, California
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/ breathe in

  breathe out /


saltiness perfuses the air;

she’s reminded of dusks touched 

with wind whipping around her

hair that falls into bare faces.


/ step on

  step off /


flip-flop encased feet meet 

sharp & jagged-cut rocks

that reek of piscine seaweed

but bleed black charcoal.


/ look up

  look down /


sunny reflections on the water,

constant days spent with her sun,

embodied by the mirrored tan skin 

everyone enamores & clambors for.


/ reach left

  reach right /


to the red crabs that race ahead 

pincers that push off of tiny feistiness;

beady eyes seek edges & creeps:

shadows (nightly & living).


/ time ticks

  time tocks /


secrets lurk under her surface,

shadows scheme with each depth;

like lavender lilacs in the sea,

ocean’s beauty is hallucinatory.


/ ocean’s ebb 

  ocean’s flow /



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on Sep. 23 2023 at 9:14 pm
libraryghost PLATINUM, Lynnwood, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"No one really understands each other. We're all just stuck inside ourselves." Aza, Turtles All the Way Down

this is really pretty and powerful. great work!