shallows
Atlas, falling blazing ice hurtling last voices of long dead stars pierce loamy riverbanks earth crumbling in the wake of bloodied crushed scapula, duty levigating away
Poseidon, falling deep boom swallowed shoals scatter made mortal by lungs contracting in an everlasting scream airless; deluged thick like oil casting wide like a net, voice tangled cut aorta-deep
burn[ed] out
do you know what it’s like growing up with the black dog who pads alongside you. content to watch who knocks you over, buries you in suffocating love, cold nose sniffling? never knowing whether dawn will ever crest again, warm as it’s pelt, solid fur replacing desperate need for physical contact when hugs fan anxious terror. hungering to replace the displacement of being an anomaly - dead person smiling.
Mavis Tian is a Chinese-Australian poet who has a great love for history, and a caring streak that her mother maintains runs too deep. She has previously been published in works such as the Hermes Magazine, ARNA, and Honi Soit. Her poetry has recently won first prize in 17-21 category of Youth in Motion’s Art & Writing Competition 2018. She has self-published her first book of poetry and is hard at work on the second volume. You can find this book and her poetry on her website: vimasecriture.com.
Her social media handles are
Instagram: @adventures_of_evelin
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