an old creek tidal
separated from her kin,
she hears their songs still
© 2016 Melinda Irvine
Daily Prompt: Mope
Alone at the Edge
Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.