by R.M. Cymber
creek water overflows as children
play with blocks inside the school
they dream of balancing
on the black trunk
after a few days
the earth swallows the water
they are free again
to counter death
R.M. Cymber‘s work is featured in Burningword Literary Journal, Five:2:One Magazine, and Crack the Spine Literary Magazine. He is also an editor at River Styx Literary Magazine in St. Louis. Currently, he is writing poetry and short stories.