Flooded

Sienna Gallus

Do you too feel
      like the ocean welling up
            and spilling out?

Do you feel like the coast,
    torn away
            more each wave

Retreating back,
      recoiling. until there is nothing left
            but sea

And when our people lay,
flaming
with the trees, with the world
Will it then, be enough?

do you see storm clouds in the distance
and close the blinds?
while the streets flood outside
With another river,      
another ocean,      
another reassurance that it’s fine

Sienna Gallus is a writer who attends Charter Arts High school and is passionate about social and environmental justice. In her free time, she loves to create/read poetry, frequent local thrift stores, and explore the great outdoors!

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