Proteus

You are, to me, already a wraith,
for time cannot hold you — your spirit
proves vaster;
kin to the world-wind, you are half-gone,
borne along a solitude no visibility
could plunder.

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Krystle Eilen is a poet currently attending university. Her work has appeared in Eunoia Review, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, The Argyle Literary Magazine, BlazeVOX, Poetry Life and Times, and ZiN Daily, among others. In her free time, she enjoys reading and making art.