Two Women and the Sea by That-Random-Child, literature
Literature
Two Women and the Sea
The rose-wind house sat on the rocks
salt wood and seagulls
bright spray and sticky glass
she lay in the sun
the shorter one
fat like a seal and smiling
selkie
laughing
the taller one came from the house
and she lay in the sun too
stagnant
like syrup
with the crash of waves
and the oars in the boat knocking
listening
quiet and dreaming
and here comes a red crab
like a little sailor
“Let’s sing,”
she said
and the other hummed
love
well, only the sea knows
sand dusted knees
rustling weeds
only the sea knows
only the sea