Overlap—Rachel S. Donahue

“Its boundary has been set / and so has hers“

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Rachel S. Donahue holds a B.A. in English and Bible from Welch College and enjoys travel, housewifery, and homeschooling while fulfilling her role as Chief Creative Officer of Bandersnatch Books. She wishes she could host you at Chittering Cottage (her family's home in NC) for a cup of tea and a chat. Instead, she’ll write you poems. She's published two collections: Beyond Chittering Cottage: Poems of Place, and Real Poems for Real Moms: from a Mother in the Trenches to Another. Find her work at www.BandersnatchBooks.com.

Overlap

She sits beneath an orchid sky 
and laughs at the mossy sea 
pulling at her legs. 
The water would swallow her whole 
like the treasures 
and armies 
it’s swallowed before, 
but she finds her feet, 
and runs away. 
A moment more 
and she returns 
in splashes of defiance, 
her laughter riding the winds 
that drive the waves of foam 
at her feet. 
Its boundary has been set, 
and so has hers, 
and where they overlap—
pure joy.

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