Mislead

MISLEAD

by Stacy Lee Ortiguero

it scared me so much,

when i first saw it,

the vast,

the depth,

everything upon 

and everything beneath,

i played in its margins

frightened it might sweep me away

and drown me

with my own accord,

most times i race 

with its restlessness,

but sometimes

i build castles on its shore

and let the wind wrap me

sought peace,

found salvation,

the dips,

the rises,

revealing,

concealing.

frightful,

wonderful,

mysterious.

it scared me so much

when i first saw it.

"the ocean?"

"your love."

Painting

"Fallen (2014"

by Zena Holloway