Lost at Sea
1.
Salt eats at the hull
just like time eats at my thoughts
of you back on shore.
2.
The sea steals all time.
Yours, mine, our friends not coming
home from the last storm.
3.
Dark was the night and
my mind. The sea waits for no
one, like you for me.
Chelsea Bowen is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. She’ll be receiving her B.A. in English from Arizona State University in December 2026.
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