Shimmering Seas
crystals from the water shimmered
as I stepped forward
to Poseidon’s humbled home.
I could smell the salt
from the dancing waves.
The sand turned dark after each tide
pushed towards the land.
I imagined myself swimming
with the sea turtles and the dolphins.
My toes sunk into the sand.
As I closed my eyes,
I can still see the bright sky
kissing the ocean’s campus.
I frolicked around the bouncy flow.
The beach turned me into a goddess.
Would it be nice to go back
to where it was just me
and the glistening sea?
Kristen Wheeler is a 21-year-old woman who has a passion for writing since the beginning of high school. She graduated from Community College of Baltimore County with an Associate of Arts Degree. She is currently attending Goucher College as a transfer student. Her major is Professional and Creative Writing. Her goals focused on gaining educational and occupational experiences in the writing field. She has published two poems for a Community College of Baltimore County’s literary magazine in spring 2022. Her interests involve poetry and short stories that carry the gothic and horror genre. Outside of writing, her interests are listening to music, playing videogames, animals, and socializing with her friends. Kristen is characterized as a creative and hard-working individual who always finds a way of expressing herself with pencil and paper.