The ripples

Mahogany Smiles
Nov 13, 2025
1 min read

Morph the image

Tickle my blistered toes

I am tapping my heels on the surface

A melody

Ankles seep

Sinking soles

As I remember

My spine a wave

A tongue treads lightly

Eases into diving

Limbs laughing with the water

Recall the moaning coral

Famished fish

Tucked fins and puckered lips

There's more where no one has been

New light and sentiments

Lusting to swim further in

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