Lexi Hall

Under

The gulls mutter to each other

as they spiral overhead.

 

I can’t make out their words above the

swish of water off of softened skin,

 

yet, those wretched birds might only be

dried salt that lingers on eyelashes.

 

The tide laps spitefully at my peeling cheeks

as these pruny limbs go limp.

 

and foam leeches into my ears hushing

those incessant spectator’s squawks.

 

The crown of my head is shocked

by a tender cold caress.

 

I am laden with thirst and dead-

tired white wings of no use to my frame.

 

So I’ll part my bloodied lips

and swallow.

 

 

 

Lexi Hall is a senior Studio Art BA major at Denison University in Granville, Ohio with minors in Communications and Creative Writing. She is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has spent her entire life loving to read and write, which led her to choosing a minor in creative writing. At Denison University, Lexi is a fellow of the Studio Art department, and she also a teaching assistant for photography classes. After graduation this May, Lexi looks forward to attending the Hollins University Children’s Book Writing and Illustration MFA Graduate Program, where she will combine her love of art and writing to author and illustrate books for young readers!