Dust

[Image description: An upside-down blurred image of two versions of the same person. They are dressed in a dark red top and jeans, and they are walking away. The figure on the right is smiling, but the figure on the left has an obscured face. Both figures are shrouded in brown dust against a black background. Sourced from Unsplash.]

‘Dust’ is a free verse poem about friendship grief. It was featured in Baby Teeth Journal, a Wollongong-based digital arts journal, November 2020.

You can check out ‘Dust’ via Baby Teeth Journal!

They wanted you to take up space (but

only a little).

They wanted you to raise your voice (but

not too loudly).

If you took from them, they retracted.

If they took from you,

you gave

too much.