The Wait by Lefcothea Maria Golgaki

Hundreds of years may pass

until I shake the hook loose.

Creatures of the deep that can’t be owned, scream:

No weight can stay.

The boat stands still and far below

I dive away, unseen.

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Lefcothea Maria Golgaki (Λευκοθέα Μαρία Γκολγκάκη) comes from Greece where she is a published book author, script writer, and playwright. Internationally, she has contributed to four poetry collections published by Scars Publications, The Poet, and Adelaide Literary Magazine. Some of her poems, flash fiction stories, and essays have been featured in Bright Flash Literary Review, Flash Fiction North, The Penwood Review, Balestra Magazine, Candlelit Chronicles, Uppagus, Litbreak Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Brazen Head, The Daphne Review, The Stray Branch, The Cannon's Mouth, Aphelion, Eskimo Pie, Mediterranean Poetry, Twist & Twain, Academy of the Heart and Mind, The Sentinel, and Tri-Town Tribune.

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