Murmur

I Am Taken

Two people laying on a towel on a beach, seen from far away.

I am taken by a majesty: the unraveling of the shell. The hidden essence revealed; awkward, disheveled, unaware and blunt. The careful encasement lost could never match its appeal. It is instantly magnetic and rich with soil and weeds so overgrown they are the playground of rejoicing magpies. I do not recover, am forever marked […]