Taryn Alexander
Selina
She was beautiful
if only by the way
her fingers curled
around and made
the strings
sigh.
The campfire
spit into the night
and tried
to rival the stars.
The constellations
were only temporary
like the freckles
on her back.
Taryn Alexander lives and writes in Tampa, Florida while longing to go back to California. She received her BA from USF in creative writing. Taryn is the proud mother of three chickens and one dog.