a place for dark shepherd, Anubis.
With blissful abyss came dependence,
a sacrifice worth all his prowess
to ring both our hearts with assonance.
And so another face became me:
Persephone who came willingly.
Lightning
by Alice Lau
Lightning struck through the
gasping tree as it wept.
It’s final tears before its
lowly crumble to the ground.
The layers of strength that
had protected it for years
had fallen apart, leaving behind a
poor child who lost their strength.