Siren, saint–
your world,
as I see it in you,
a garden of mustard seeds,
the home we made
within a
grove
of trees.

Shore, a
womb for the saints
and their creeds.

Your eyes,
salt-stung,
squinting, an
iron chastity.

But, also
sea glass, and
land’s
iconoclast.

Merciless maiden,
I saw your soul’s
oyster
open wide
and the
sea drank
its pain and
pearls.

And I slept
like the
tides,
with shifting
visions
and dreams
that did
not belong
to me.

Emily Price is a senior English major at The University of Akron in Akron, OH. She is also minoring in Creative Writing, News, Public Relations, and Converged Media Studies. Emily is currently employed in two student assistant positions – The University of Akron Press and the University of Akron Marketing and Communications. She currently serves as editor-in-chief of UA’s student-led literary journal, AshBelt, and manages its social media page. Emily is passionate about editing and the publishing industry.