Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Homesick

Seagulls cry
as the sun sinks into the Pacific,
fire reflected
in shattered glass.

I don't know how to be here.

I whisper your name,
pretend there's not
a continent between us.

For just a moment,
your absence feels 
like something I can hold.

It starts to rain.

 

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