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The Stowaway

How To Disappear In 3 Easy Steps- 1. Take A Night Swim 2. Wait For The Arrival 3. Depart From Earth

By Rulam DayPublished about a year ago • 1 min read
The Stowaway
Photo by Yash Prajapati on Unsplash

Floating in the cool creek water

under the Full Strawberry Moon

I wait with face upturned.

My body, weightless in shimmering liquid

Drifting with the possibility

of vanishing into the star filled firmament.

Disappearing from the mundane world

Leaving this little life behind.

I held my breath

Wishing for a new adventure.

In answer, a glowing air frigate appeared above

Like a polished indigo marble

Poised over me_waiting.

A shaft of glittering light_like luminous snow

Descended slowly

Filled with star stuff and hope.

As I reached upward

It touched my fingertips

Caressed my body_lifted me gently skyward.

Like a lover I rose

Carried into that bedazzling light.

Lost to view from any below.

Leaving no trace

Behind_

fact or fiction

About the Creator

Rulam Day

In another life I was a pirate, a race car driver, and a spy. But those are stories for another time. Rulam Day is an anagram of my name, Mary Daul. I publish under both.

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    Written by Rulam Day