/ Photo: Megan Rothman
Another battle burns beyond the glen.
I hear their grunting, shield-glare, & dying.
Pray they don’t set the forest to crackle.
Pray for just a little while longer, here
By the sleek pool. Loop us together,
The water’s surface & me, smooth, rippling
Only for my breath. This Elysium,
This liquid plane, silent in my silence,