Strays
December 14th, 2005
By Archived Story
Approaching echoes of
listless voices tiptoe across the rooftops
from a drowned city.
Shifted sands expand a body of strays
and shoves her beyond borders
Ocean has swallowed her breath – weakened
her pulse, exhausted and shaken she
continues to reach where her limbs have spilled over
At the corners of an island, she curls her fingers
over crag and digs in with her nails.
To claim and strain to stay
Echoes wash over her body
as she stands, the wake breaking upon her chest
Deepest songs her chords can muster will
Lead her worn and waded body back under rooftops
of a drowned city.
