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Weight of Seeds

by Reed Williams
Dad’s bedraggled beard hairs dangle
between beady gems: rainbow-colored
droplets streaming down a lengthy
crimson mane. Mom’s head hairs bind
themselves in brilliant lemony ringlets.

Dahlias and daisies scatter
grandma’s garden—a floral field
forgotten of fruit: an acute
desire for the peach’s leafy foliage
and the apple tree’s looming,

protective branches. To scoop
their shady defenses for a basin—pouring
my tears, pouring my fears, wishing
for sincere security dissimilar
to the faulty refuge of dad’s face hairs.
Those pointed beads bleed me like his blade
​
bleeds mom, her lemony hairs
mobbing leaking fluids. And to sit
in my eyes is to see grandma’s garden
clearing dahlias and daisies for peaches
and apples: embedding seeds that nurture
instead of seeds that shine.​

Reed Williams is an emerging poet and writer in the Southern California region. While her work remains in a constant state of evolvement, she always writes from experience--whether it be physical, emotional, or intellectual--which, in some cases, approaches the parameters of eco-activist poetry and writing.