The Oyster

Mason New
1 min readMay 28, 2020
Photo by Marie Dirom.

A poem for my daughter on her 13th birthday.

The Oyster

The oyster sits silent.
Centuries of water,
Thousands of rivers through time
Motionless but all motions
Of life: water, salt, blood.
Breathe in, Breathe out.

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Mason New

Writer, teacher, business owner, US Marine Corps veteran, podcaster. Thrilled to get to know you. www.igotoneforya.com