Poem and photograph by Kaitlyn Lafferty
I remember lying
in littoral sunrise
pastel pink ribbons cashing
your humming breakers
we lay softly surrounding
warmly our bare chests flooding
in early morning light
only then
upon standing
on buckling legs
again knee deep
drowning in heavy chests
vast swallowed bogs
i reverted with fearful longing
to ignoring a heart apart
i stood at shore
wrapping still space in
quiet callings
sparse and incomplete
baring vastness
of the sea
on sorry shoulders
on sorry knees
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Kaitlyn Lafferty is a gallery host at the Denver Art Museum in Denver, CO. She writes and sells a really personal perzine called perpetual ambivalence about her misadventures and wonderment with all things life. Right now, she attends community college of Denver, working towards becoming a geologist. Outside of work and school, she is an artivist and organizer with a focus on energy justice and reclaiming emotions. She is passionate about nature, art and all the small beauties of living. If she could be any color at this point in her life, it would be a delicate shade of pastel salmon. Keep up with Kaitlyn on Facebook & Etsy.
