Before now That gritty matter Must have been a surface of water molecules Dominant Hypnotic like goddess’ eyes Clearness. The deep furrows on the hard forehead Keep the might of the past currents Now defunct in the crevices. Grief is a jewel from our genetic inheritance— A fine decoration with isometric halite crystals After the evaporation of the water.
Vyarka Kozareva lives in Bulgaria. Her work has appeared in Adelaide Literary Magazine, Ariel Chart, Poetry Pacific, Basset Hound Press, Bosphorus Review of Books, Mad Swirl, Ann Arbor Review, and is forthcoming in Abstract: Contemporary Expressions, Juste Milieu Lit, Sampsonia Way Magazine, and Triggerfish.