Photo by Liu JiaWei on Unsplash
I collect tears in cracked mugs, call it
“The Water Recycling Program”
Think I am bursting river
Teeming with fish and life
Yet you are oil spill
Tar filling me
Leeching love
Broken
Glass
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Oneg In The Arctic
A queer storyteller and poet of arctic adventures, good food, identity, mental health, and more.
Co-founder of Queer Vocal Voices
Water is Life ✊
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I could sit and simmer with the first two lines all day. Beautifully crafted Oneg!
Drink up, friend, cuz this one's brilliant. You had me at cracked mugs.
I read this several times over and if I could double heart this, I would. This is a masterclass on effective imagery in poetry. Amazing!
Don't drown... ;)
Daaaaaaaaamn. This was exquisite. Hard, sad read, but love your phrasing and yeeaaaaaaah, Damn bloody good entry, Oneg! Well done.
😔 Nicely penned with original images, Oneg.
Brilliantly written
Another absolute ripper! 🩷