Cristal Brawley
Inspiration piece
Attachments
By Amy Souza
Response
We sit together
Cross-legged, entwined
And I want to know your secrets
Isn’t that why we’re here?
These entanglements?
You don’t need answers
Or to understand the sun
Just tell me about that time
You stepped into the sea and
Felt something slide beneath your toes
How you yelled and leapt into a
Wave as a dark flat mass
Swam off surprised like you
And how even thirty years later
You consider that ray and wonder
Has it left this earth or does it
Bury itself still in the Gulf shallows
Your mother was there, too
Stooping over hot sand in search of shells
Your browning bodies, smell of salt air
Tell me how you wish you could return
To slow down that moment
Enjoy the ocean without fear
Like you know what’s coming
Hug your mother and
Hear her laugh
Hold on for dear life
Because one day she’ll be gone
And we’ll sit cross-legged, entwined
But nothing will feel the same
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