This is the fifth edition in my series, published in Inhale the Night, Sleeping with Earth, an eBook released by Darcia Helle and Moments at Midnight.
Find part one right here.
Odyssey
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The bell rang
As she rushed to
Fifth period –
Barely making it
Before Jacie,
Blond as she was popular,
Pushed Odyssey inside.
Mr. Lewis briefly
Looked but otherwise
Said nothing.
He always said nothing.
Like the memory
Her father left of a
Drowned body and
Ring left on the pier…
He remained as cold and lifeless.
She could feel the golden circle
In her jeans –
A gift her mother left
Before the virus got the best of her
Last June.
She couldn’t visit with
The hospital locked down
But she
Heard her voice crack over
Zoom calls.
Telling her:
“Stay beautiful
Like the light you are
And shine between us.”
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© Ben Ditmars 2021
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