Something New

I wore it today
the necklace I made
(with the dainty chain)
it shimmers in the sun

the silver pendent
with a coating of resin
holding a (bleached)
sliver in place in the center

the girls all assumed
it was mother of pearl
or smuggled ivory
a splinter of coral perhaps

who would guess
it was really just
a small
sliver
of
you

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L. Stevens writes about the moon, darkness, and anything else lurking in the deep abyss of her imagination. Her poetry can be found in the Indie Blu(e) anthology As the World Burns and the Free Verse Revolution anthology Hermes (The Kaleidoscope). You can follow her on Instagram, Threads, and TikTok under @lstevenswriter. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two elderly beagles.