No. 1

by ANALEE KIRBY KLUGE

pressed down
by gravity
of thought

pulled asunder
by choice
and decision

this way
that way

but my feet
are firmly
planted

my soul
deeply
rooted

green earth
between my toes

stars
in my eyes

Analee Kirby Kluge lives and writes near the beach in Jacksonville, Florida with her husband and three children. Her work has been published in Archipelago by Allegory Ridge, From The Depths by Haunted Waters Press, and in Barren Magazine. In 2018, she was a semi-finalist in The Gateway Review's annual flash fiction contest. Find her on Twitter @analeekk