A powerful image. - Deborah Barchi - Medium

…stered me
amid the shifting shoals of this life.
Now, I’m the adult
when I’d always been the child.
I’m alone on a beach
battered
by unremitting swells.

Christine Kelly

Jan 23, 2021

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A powerful image.

Deborah Barchi

Written by Deborah Barchi

Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays.

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