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A poet walks an orchard at dusk, attempting to study memories of Alex and Riley with clinical detachment. As the light fades, measured observations give way to longing, absence, and the difficulty of containing desire.
Interwoven prose, haiku, and tanka follow Maris back to a coastal village after a decade away. Sea glass, fishing boats, and the sound of the tide carry memories of her mother Lena through a search for belonging.
Returning to her old coastal home, Elara finds her mother’s illustrated journal. Framed by her reading, a sequence of tide-pool poems explores maternal hopes and fears, memory, separation, and the enduring pull of the sea.
A nighttime hotel room beside a river frames this free-verse meditation on closeness and departure. Salt, condensation, blurred city lights, and approaching morning become recurring images for an encounter shadowed by unanswered questions.