Wish Nocturne
written by: Karen Southall Watts
@askkaren
Gaia breathing, slow and deep,
unaware humanity sleeps
oblivious to the pawing hart,
unheard a fox’s lonely scream,
while hedgehogs snuffle
and dream
away from the owl’s deadly flight.
Come cover me in black velvet,
my lover
my night.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
I’ve found the vivid world of dreams to be a welcome retreat not only from everyday life but from grief.
Karen Southall Watts, is an educator, speaker, coach, and avid walker. Her works have been featured at Fairfield Scribes, Free Flash Fiction, The Drabble, Sledgehammer Lit, 101Words, Paragraph Planet, Soren Lit, Spillwords Press, and The Chamber Magazine. Karen is a three-time Pushcart nominee for poetry. Her poetry chapbook, Desire, Dreams and Dust was released in April of 2023.
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