Little Brother
By Marie Tozier
We played once, at the shore
A flock of gulls
Littered the coastline.
When I find myself
Missing you, I
Return to that scene.
Pink, knobby knees
Carried by webbed feet
Play in the waves,
Which break
At the edge of ocean.
The cool water,
The breaking bubbles,
And me.
Copyright Credit: Marie Tozier, "Little Brother" from Open the Dark. Copyright © 2020 by Marie Tozier. Reprinted by permission of Marie Tozier.
Source: Open the Dark (Boreal Books, 2020)