A Serene Summer’s Dream

A submerged Sonnet

Ashley Lorraine Bridges

2 min readJul 9, 2022

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(Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash)

Suffocating air surrounds

the noise of little voices,

excited screams when one’s found-

another rethinks her hiding choices.

I can’t imagine a more precious moment.

War emerges- a heated fight

Ashley Lorraine Bridges

Written by Ashley Lorraine Bridges

Poet. Optimist. Writing to recover.

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