Underwater New York

Once (Always) by Kate Overgaard

Lost boy,

Shipwreck in my life.

When your little hand found mine,

Suddenly

We were home,

You and I,

Meant to be

Tied with a seemingly tenuous knot,

Not of blood or biology,

But meant to be.

The current

Dragged you under and away

And—eyes closed—

My fingers released you.

Leaving me to drown in the loss of you,

Never to utter goodbye to you.

A rusted reef of ice cream whispers

In the depths of the Rockaways,

Cradled in the cool waves

Around my beating heart,

Still drowning.

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About the Author

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Kate Overgaard is an English teacher who is currently working on her M.A. in Creative Writing through Fairleigh Dickinson University. She lives in New Jersey.

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