Drowning in Sky

by Sophia Conway

Photo by Yvonne Hansons

It is silent in the house when
the fog seals it from
across the lake where it gathered 
its might and prepared to
ambush us at dawn. Only the
hum of the old refrigerator dares
break the stillness of being cut 
off from the world.

I switched off all the lights to
feel fully what this bright darkness is 
and how I can become one with it. The
stew on the stove boiled unlike the 
rippling stillness of the cloud around and
I wondered if they would ever find me again.

In moments, I hoped not but only to escape
into this new peace I had found in my 
cottage now hidden on top of the world for 
all to know and none to find save for those
who dare wade into this deep gray ocean.

I shall be happy here; unbothered by the world
and untempered by its storms. 

I will live quietly here
I shall live peacefully here

here 
drowning in sky.