The Weight of the Sea
-The ridges of wrinkles accompany the discoloration of hair. Time turns to sediment, scattered by each lost breath. Before the burning embers, eyes refuse to glisten. The whisper in the wind becomes nothing more than an echo. Only the night brings solace and surrender, after the day’s long hours. Sleep’s oblivion weaves its way between dreams and possibilities. The lost hope of childhood is reimagined, held together by sleep’s deep breaths. But everything scatters at the call of day, when the trench already dug reappears. The weightlessness of childhood becomes burdened by decision. Choice anchors the journey to the discovery […]