by Susan McLean

“In this issue, we want writing that captures the immensity of being alive. Think about the pulse of the ocean in your chest, a dream so vivid it feels like prophecy, the hush before something irreversible. Give us awe, give us vertigo, give us beauty with teeth. We are looking for literary work that brushes against the infinite.”
—Call for submissions by Cosmic Daffodil for its Tidal Light issue

Swallow an ocean. Feel it slosh
inside you. Grasp the raw
immensity of life, awash
in amplitude and awe.

Immerse yourself in tidal light.
Embrace your vertigoes.
Chase savage beauty. Let it bite
your neck. Now hold that pose.