Keep Still, Published by “Ground Fresh Press Magazine” 9/21/17

Keep Still

To cut open my heart 
 
can sometimes feel like the moon
has fallen 
I float in the hours
until the sea swallows me whole.
 
(But how else can I 
untangle my colors?)
 
Perhaps you can try to wrestle
my shadow 
like water over my head 
cool my
shade 
 
(It won’t matter)

Published September 21, 2017 by Ground Fresh Press Magazine