Pisces Sinking
| written around Sep 2023 | A pair of twin goldfish Flapping their fins like paper fans They venture deeper and deeper into the dark blue Skin turning into glass Tentacles sprouting from their organs Wrapping their exterior, forced into a sphere Now they can only tumble, stumble, fumble As they slowly sink into the uncertain And as they sink, they… No, not they, She. She lost sight of her sister, The golden sunlight at the break of dawn, The bubbles of laughter exploding with glee, The one holding the headlights of their path, The blanket fort hiding the stairway to the top bunk, was no more. Young girlhood gone along with her memories in a suitcase awaiting a new adventure She was surprised by how she could summon the oceans that the plane flew past right onto her cheeks, running down in droplets The goldfish turned jellyfish sank deeper Finding solace in the cold darkness Because she thought as long as she’s making frie...