Calcified carcass
Abandoned by the body
An amorphous sucker
One born
Every day
Buried under water weight
And all she ate
When they were still
Attached at the hip
Descending deeper down
By relentless dictation
Of her Mother’s illusive light
She’s empty
Fractured
Concave
Hollow
An irregular mathematical miracle
Who’ll collect dust
Mute memento
Decorating delusions
For the living
~
“A memento is something that helps to warn or remind us of something that took place in the past or that we use to alert us of something crucial.“-Webster’s Dictionary
I wrote this at workshop three days ago but didn’t understand the full meaning of what I’d written till now.
Nice poem. I love the photo of the shell you chose.
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Thanks Trish. I took a picture of the shell that inspired the poem but thought this one was more aligned. It’s from a hike on the coast this summer. Oh and thanks for lending me the writing paper 😉
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