by Elise Rothenhoefer
Arrive
“When you pray, what do you think / you’ll see?”
– Alice Walker
I’ve found myself
always walking &
never arriving—
a mirror of loss
shatters in the desert
of my knees;
crawling, language
mutates
into thank yous
when nobody is
listening.
Shloka Shankar is a writer and visual artist from Bangalore, India. A Best of the Net nominee, her poems and artwork are forthcoming in talking about strawberries all of the time, NationalPoetryMonth.ca (AngelHousePress, 2020), Contemporary Haibun Online, Acorn, and Kissing Dynamite among others. Shloka is the founding editor of Sonic Boom, its imprint Yavanika Press, and Senior Editor at Human/Kind Journal.
Elise Rothenhoefer is a visual artist, animal lover, and justice advocate. She manages a graphic design business, Magic Bean Designs. Elise lives in the wilds of Southern Florida with her husband, 3 children, 4 cats, 2 dogs, and 3 hermit crabs.