Solarpolar 

i am sun-shot / green-beamed / stem-steep /  

hands cupfuls of heartlines / conjuring water /  

my face light-dialled / hair wild /  

screaming beauty 

& 

i am root-retched / soiled-deep / dirt-dark /  

legs spindly – lost maplines / petering earth /  

my thirst worm-cursed / blackburst /  

mulching ugly 

Published in Ink Sweat & Tears July 2025: https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/annie-acre/