VOICES ON THE INSIDE
California
Sea Glass
by Brae H.
Polished, iridescent coatings:
Concealers of truth.
Masters of deception:
Leading the eyes astray,
Effacing layers of memory.
Beneath shimmering surfaces:
Tumultuous waves of trauma reign.
Crashing through brutalized tissue,
Carried along crimson rivers:
Coral gardens flourish.
Enshrouded, a pearlescent soul lingers:
Cocooned within a burnished shell.
Coaxed from her fortress,
She sails through the onslaught of riptides:
Propelling herself toward shore.