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there stood my legs

between a home and

a world that misses me

too. my legs shackled

by weeds growing from

the cracks beneath the

doorway. in my dreams

my legs run on water

they kick back harder

and never let themselves

wrap around the waist

of a wrongful lover.

megan carrasco

Legs

author bio

Megan is currently a senior at The University of Texas at El Paso, where she expects to graduate in the fall 2023, majoring in Psychology with a minor in Creative Writing. She has previously been published in El Paso Community College’s Chrysalis 2020 annual literary journal.

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