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Seashells

Ella McCartney (writer), Georgia Huang (graphics)

Cold against my cheek they curl around my ears like vines whispering sweetly

Creative

Cold against my cheek
they curl around my ears like vines
whispering sweetly

the soft scales of the seabed
resting on my toes
blocking, their pressure is calming

a limbless seaweed,
I am wading along the current,
thoughts swept away by the tide
unnoticed.

The sea is before me,
a looking glass into my soul
and somewhere in the great expanse of ocean
I can still feel it,
touching and clinging,
anchoring to any life it can see—

so I lay dumb,
the froth caressing me gently
whilst the sea moves me along
holding me, pulling me, leading me
towards oblivion.

Published: 22/09/2021 9:34 PM 3187 views