Joan feels remorse for having hated her toes most of her life. She inherited them from her grandmother, who had hated them too. Her grandmother had cried at the swimming pool on Joan's 11th birthday ... [+]
Paula E. Kirman lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where she is a writer, editor, photographer, filmmaker, musician, and community organizer. Her poetry and songs often deal with themes of social justice. For more: wordspicturesmusic.com "Awakening" is in Short Circuit #07, Short Édition's quarterly review.
she tasted the sweetness of
the morning dew,
and spread her arms
in the wind, while
the storm she
survived blew into the
distance
the morning dew,
and spread her arms
in the wind, while
the storm she
survived blew into the
distance