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shatter-water

A Poem

By Tyler ClarkPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Honorable Mention in Light Breaks Water Challenge
shatter-water
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash

Water in flashing stillness,

gloss throwing refractions

at sharp angles—it could be glass,

the kind that wants to shatter,

surrender to a perfect note. Everything that resonates

breaks. Obliviated

by splash of song.

Maybe memory means damage,

the cracks we leave in each other.

I fell for you—through you

cut by your stained glass.

And I,

a broken mirror, bad luck for years.

And yet:

instead of staying broken, water ripples,

finds stillness again.

Will you find stillness again?

Will I?

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About the Creator

Tyler Clark

I am a nonbinary writer, poet, and cat parent from California. My short stories and poems have been published in a chaotic jumble of anthologies, collections, and magazines.

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    Written by Tyler Clark