WT Fiction

Laura Kelsey, OP Contributor

Firm, streamlined features

caught up in a swirling storm
Branches fall

Chemically induced nature system:
destroys nature

and the broken nails

in the middle of it all

continue to catch on everything
that they can

Perhaps, they too are just attempti
ground themselves

The hail begins to pelt

bodies that would soon welt

All will not be calm this night
Windows shivering

with the fussing gusts

of an angry wind that will not rele
Rain gliding cars outside
reminiscent

of the ocean’s waves

that rolled across my ears

as I drifted off

amongst driftwood

in a tent on the beach

The storms had been subtle

then

Now, at full bore

invading sleep

that they welcomed

before

This poem is from Laura Kelsey’s
“Passion before Perfection,” whic

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