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Sand as My Paper

November 9, 2023
By PoetCoyote PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
PoetCoyote PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.”<br /> ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X<br /> <br /> "Serenity now!" <br /> ― Frank Costanza, Seinfeld <br /> <br /> "My coach said I ran like a girl. I told him if he ran a little faster he could, too." <br /> ― Mia Hamm


I dig my fingers 

into the sand. Feeling 

the dirt under my nails.

It reminds me of 

what I’ve just done. 

Dirt under my fingernails, 

guilt under my heart. 

Alone;

with the moon as my witness, 

I write. 

My finger as my 

pen, the sand as my

paper, the moon as my 

lamp. When I’ve finished, I 

step back, my foot 

squelching indignantly. Then I plunge 

into the ocean, letting the salt 

blister my open eyes, and the cold

freeze my fibrillating heart, as the tide 

washes away my wrongs. 



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