The Floating Woman

No. 1

By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemistPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read

Photo by Caleb Hernandez Belmonte on Unsplash

There once was a woman so light

She just floated away like a kite

A gentle breeze blew

And up, up she flew

'Til she faded from everyone's sight

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist

I fell in love with speculative fiction and poetry many years ago, but I have precious little time to write any. Then, I went crazy and started a cult called metAlchemy, or meta alchemy. I revere energy of all brands, esp. good, kind chaos.

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