A comfortable couch welcomes me,
the kind that you sink into, plush.
She asks me how I’ve been feeling
lately. Fine, I guess. Not bad. Numb,
if nothing else...
Ophelia Monet (she/her) is an educator, mother, and storm chaser, living in the suburbs of Cincinnati with her husband and their son. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Free Verse Revolution, Unleash Lit, Loud Coffee Press, Heimat Review, The Orchards Poetry Journal, The Inflectionist Review, and more. You can find her on Instagram at @mysoullaidbare.