The Changing Tide

The Changing Tide

I’ve swum out too far.
You paddle
in the shallows
oblivious to my peril.

Muscles aching,
burning breath
I stretch my capacity to reach
an unfamiliar shore.

Emerging,
dripping sea water,
I shield my eyes with my hand,
and scan the empty shore I’ve left behind.

Lindsay Riggs Brown

Tired

Tired

So tired
of apologizing
for being,
for taking
up your space.

Fuck you
for being
so selfish.

Lindsay Riggs Brown