barnacle of hope | Steve Minnich
there is a moment in the life
of every barnacle when
it does not know
if it will live or die
i don’t mean this
like how you or i
might succumb to terror
or despair but
at its cypris stage
the barnacle doesn’t eat
it just floats
hoping to crash
head first
into something
hard enough
to hold it
and hang on
for another
thirty years
or so
About the author:
Steve Minnich makes space for reading and writing in Richmond, Virginia. His work can be found in the pages of HAD, pioneertown lit, Sublunary Review, and elsewhere. He is co-editor of the zine Carry Water and would love to read with you. Thank you for reading.