Congratulations go out to Sam Hendrian, winner of our Spring Fling Writing Challenge. Sam’s entry is below. Be sure to keep an eye out for our upcoming seasonal writing challenges!
“Worthy to Be Found”’
by Sam Hendrian
Harassed her hungover head
‘Til it sanctioned a trip to the beach
Where spontaneous baptisms were said to occur
For those addicted to rebirth.
Cold sands evoked the limp loneliness
Of a tipsy writer on a Tuesday night
Sending fire emojis and sloppy compliments
To whoever might be in a flirtatious mood.
Such solidarity in solitude
Briefly disarmed her self-destructive shields
Which guarded insult from injury,
Discovery from recovery.
Dipped her left foot in the water
But couldn’t withstand the pressure
Caused by courting the possibility
She was worthy to be found.
Returning to the fetal glass shards
And taking out her rectangular rescuer,
The chance to advance became the same old dance
Between maybe someday and maybe nevermind.
Then an elusively intrusive thought
Conjured some sticker she’d seen on a lamp post
Proclaiming she was loved as if it were a fact
Yet why shouldn’t it be?
