Poetry

Most recently published in the online journal Heartland:

To the Woman I Loved Too Soon

Now that it’s legal for us to marry
I wonder if you and I have become glass:
We’re there—but maybe not—
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To My 5-Year-Old Self at the Sweetwater Sea

The hot sand will sting the bottoms of both bare feet.
Ignore it.

Your mother will shout it’s time to go.
Ignore it.
 
Your brother will laugh.
Ignore it.

Your skin will open.
(pay attention)
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