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Refraction
Through the stitches of terns and gulls
That mark shoals beneath the surface,
A salt soul awakens, filled to the brim
With sand sparks and molten blue.
You rise from ocean depths
Unknown, untethered,
Forged in waves and wind
Refracted in liminal space.

Poem copyright Larissa Reid
Artwork copyright Elspeth Knight
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