Ephemera by Rebecca Dempsey
Constellated droplets
cling to a slender gum leaf.
Time stands for their togetherness
a moment only, twinned
as a precious life raft.
As one, now pure being
is wicked away
in sunlight even as both
shine the brighter.
Rebecca Dempsey’s work has featured in Elsewhere Journal, Shot Glass Journal, and Ink Pantry, as well as previously in Trouvaille Review. Rebecca lives in Melbourne, Australia, and can be found at WritingBec.com.