A. MARTINE
Holding Water
I am a fish in your sea
yours is a dusky one
treasure chests of whorls and eddies
come at me from all sides
yet, you wouldn’t know that
you think yourself a flat surface
flat surfaces couldn’t have broken me so
my pieces floating in all corners of your ocean
soggy, wrinkled, color bled out like ink-apposed notes
I am a fish in your sea
hold my fingers, fan them out
you are like holding water.
A. Martine is a trilingual writer, musician and artist of color who goes where the waves take her. She might have been a kraken in a past life. She’s an Assistant Editor at Reckoning Press and a Managing Editor and Podcast Producer of The Nasiona. Her collection AT SEA was shortlisted for the 2019 Kingdoms in the Wild Poetry Prize. Some words found or forthcoming in: Berfrois, The Rumpus, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Metaphorosis, South Broadway Ghost Society, RIC Journal, Lamplight, TERSE. Journal, Gone Lawn, Truancy Mag, Crack the Spine, Confessionalist Zine, Ghost City Review, Rogue Agent, Boston Accent Lit, Porridge Magazine, Camwood Lit, Feminine Collective, Anti-Heroin Chic, Capsule Stories. @Maelllstrom/www.maelllstrom.
