Gold, Please Stay
By Sophie Marlowe
take me back to the night
when you ran along the shore
smile wide when the water
tickled your toes before
you grabbed my arm and
pulled me along to dance
across the sand
-only we didn't dance
we stumbled
and laughed-
to the beat of the
crashing waves and
we felt the tension in
the atmosphere as the
storm finally arrived
but we didn't mind
and still we moved
to the music
of the rain
and the wind
and the even harsher waves
for we didn't have a care to give
as long as we were
together and happy
but now she's gone
for nothing gold
can stay and
when she went
she took
all the gold my heart held.
Sophie Marlowe (she/her) is a York-based writer in her second year of Creative Writing at York St John. Her writing typically takes influence from folklore, mythology, and superstition due to her passionate interest in them. She’s also interested in writing about mental health, feminism, and LGBTQ+. Sophie has a poem published in York St John’s Beyond the Walls 2022 anthology and Reaper Press’ Stories From Under the Bed anthology.
Twitter: @Sophie_Marlowe
