Are you there? Please,
clutch those memories of
half-forgotten dreams
of waves that cradle
sparkled sand.
Quick, listen closely and you’ll hear
the murmur
shared in the fog’s tendrils.
Shatter a vase amongst
the ensemble of rocks,
they’ll be witnesses
to the waltz
swirling like vines
wisping up your body.
Now, blur those pinched
stems before a
fanciful observer
breaks the time, their brushstrokes digging into
that carved mosaic in your skin.
Don’t fall behind—
sway with the seashells before
you’re caught in the
violent promenade.
Leonardo Chung is a young aspiring writer who has been previously published by Sheila-Na-Gig, Sweet Lit, Rigorous, Clackamas Literary Review, Red Weather, Vermilion, riverSedge, Adelaide, After Hours Press, and others. An avid thinker, Leonardo has dedicated his time musing the art of poetry through life experiences and his imagination, and he takes inspiration from distinguished poets such as Langston Hughes, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Louise Glück.