Safe and Dry in the Cave 

by CLS Sandoval

 
Boulders jut toward the sky 
little caves formed between 
 
When the mist transforms  
to drops pulled by gravity  
that’s where I hide 
 
Gray clouds make the tall grasses  
and vines of spiky wild cucumber  
look even greener  
 
I love Saturdays and school breaks  
for days like this with rain 
when I get to wander the large yard  
of my childhood home in Green Valley 
 
I’ll wait out the brief rain  
in the warmth of this tiny cave  
near my home 
 
I wondered if my mother was looking out the window for me  


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CLS Sandoval, PhD (she/her) is a pushcart nominated writer and communication professor with accolades in film, academia, and creative writing who speaks, signs, acts, publishes, sings, performs, writes, paints, teaches and rarely relaxes. She’s a flash fiction and poetry editor for Dark Onus Lit. She’s presented at communication conferences, published 15 academic articles, two academic books, three full-length literary collections, three chapbooks, as well as flash and poetry pieces in literary journals, recently including Opiate Magazine, The Journal of Magical Wonder, and A Moon of One’s Own. She is raising her daughter and dog with her husband in Alhambra, CA.