Relic of the Selkies earrings but not enough to shield

but not enough to shield them

The world above called too loudly — with its curious trinkets

Each one is lovingly crocheted

haunting and endless

Relic of the Selkies earrings but not enough to shieldShe found it half buried in salt wet sand, just where the sea had drawn back in a breathless hush. It wasnt polished or pristine no, it held the rough memory of crashing waves and the soft erosion of time. A tiny fragment of the seas endless murmuring. Later, in the hush of her workshop, she encased it in copper like a secret kept close. The shell had once been part of something living maybe still was. Maybe the sea hadnt finished whispering through