Eyes heavy with the day to day to day to day Time to lower the blinds and hang the sign In the darkness my eyes Elevate their feet and stretch their breath Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh White noise waves caressing an imagined shore Before receding once more Once more once m o r e
Britt Fairchild is a technical writer and editor based in Paso Robles, California. She is the author of The Work (2025), a debut poetry collection tracing her breast cancer journey through themes of patience, perseverance, gratitude, and grace. Her poems have appeared in New Verse News and Wildfire magazine. A proud theater mom, she can often be found cheering her sons on from the front row.
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