air tanged with salt
this breath of brine
and rock pools languish
in the sun
these waiting rooms
between the tides
caressed by foamy
fingertips
a tiny fish
with silver flanks
is anything but
bored or still
she seeks in joy
her sustenance
and tells me not to fear
the flow
Ann van Wijgerden
Born in London, the U.K., Ann van Wijgerden has spent most of her life in the Netherlands and the Philippines. She’s had her writing published in a number of magazines, and works with a charity providing education for children living in Manila’s slum area of ‘Smokey Mountain’.
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