By Seraphina Dawn
The child is filled with the
anticipation of rising from the
dead. Dawn. Her middle name
is a sun cut in half.
A second chance blooms the
moment she opens her eyes.
Predictability sharpens her
skills. She passes a portrait of
Frida Kahlo each day. Bright pink
with tropical greens, the colors
have brightened despite their age.
Lady Magdalena: she is the entire
wall. Wearing a crown of flora and
fauna, the birds sing the sun high.
Imitate and steal like a great artist,
what you think, you become.
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Seraphina Dawn has a BA in Literature from Simone Fraser University and participated in the Creative Writing Program at UC Berkeley. Seraphina is a Kundalini teacher, writer, and poet. She admires Clarice Lispector’s prose, Octavia Butler’s fiction, and the philosophy of Simone Weil. Seraphina currently lives in Istanbul.