Truth Season

We sat beside water

Gazing at calm current

And clouds reflected,

Hugging warm knees

To our chest

And telling stories

The wind inspired,

Until our truths

Fluttered like leaves

To river surface

And wound their way

Through conscious

And waited at our lips,

Tempted to speak

Of one another

But our tongues

Dammed the revelation

And reflected upon moment

In solitude in peace.

Our fall was beautiful

Preceeded by burning summer

And belonged to us alone,

Beside a pond

We knew to love.

Katrina Thornley is a Rhode Island based author and poet with 2 poetry collections, 1 short story anthology and 1 novel currently published. Be sure to find her on instagram!

Her current works include Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature and Arcadians: Wooden Mystics, 2 poetry collections inspired by nature and life in rural Rhode Island.

Her short story collection "26 Brenwtood Avenue" is comprised of 13 short stories that cover numerous genres including thriller and a few love stories.

Her debut novel, "Kings of Millburrow", takes place in a small town where everyone has a secret. A new comer arrives, set on bringing to light everyone's hidden past. How far will the King family go to keep their secrets? Who will survive?