this is not new. the ocean blue, her wild eyes. the girl child sees him. she wishes it was new.
she wears her paper hat, her linen dress. she would like it to be new. for him. but she is old.
old because she wears her love so close to the sea. she is new. where she is. where the birds skim the sky. this love is new.
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Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI loved this line: 'old because she wears her love so close to the sea.' Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteliking this!
ReplyDeleteI like the repetition of 'new' throughout the piece.
ReplyDeleteVery nice and "writerly." I like it!
ReplyDeletevery poetic. I enjoyed reading this
ReplyDeleteI liked the use of new throughout very much. "but she is old" "this love is new". That I love.
ReplyDeleteLuv quick stories. Fun.
ReplyDeleteSo poetic - I love the linen dress and the paper hat. I can see them; can feel them.
ReplyDeleteThis is really pretty writing. I love the idea of wearing one's love close to the sea. Gorgeous. Thanks for linking up. Hope to see you back for the weekend challenge, too.
ReplyDeletebeautiful, dreamy and delicate
ReplyDeleteThe transition from 'this is not new' to 'wanting it to be new' to 'this is new' is painfully beautiful. And I'm with the others about 'wears her love so close to the sea'. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteLovely, lovely, lovely. I don't have a better word for this. There isn't a word I would change.
ReplyDeleteDeep and beautiful!
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