Sometimes, my dad turned me upside down and I walked on the popcorn ceiling, so short it became my whole moonscape. Each pink toe pad pushed like a button. Now, clouds ribbon the blue above me and I gaze upwards, longing. Clouds like ethereal moss, sliding through between my toes.

Sarah Sorensen (she/her) MA, MLIS is a queer writer based in the Metro Detroit area. She’s honored to be named a 2025 Best Small Fictions author and runner-up in the 2025 RockPaperPoem Poetry Contest. Sarah’s poetry chapbook, Light Splits Down the Wolf’s Tooth is now available through Bottlecap Press.