Cate Asp

Atlantis

Salt and sand and sea engulfed by a blanket too large for just me Thick, velvety, fiery red-orange, with a design I can’t see You’re bright blue and I’m lost in this scene Filled with your light laughter and comforting scent, staring at black velcro stubble scattered across your cheeks

I take a short, sharp breath and splinter as you speak, Deep voice sending seaweed sentences spiraling up around my ankles Pulling me down, down into the heart of Atlantis

Drowning in this green-grey kingdom I hope I never surface

Cate Asp