Fear
by Deborah Beachboard
 

I fall
into the deep
uncharted otherworld
of untime. I can't hear your cry,
"Awake!"

Deborah Beachboard has been published online in Dynamic Patterns Literary Webzine, Some Words, Tintern Abbey, and most recently in Dragons, Knights, and Angels. Her print credits include Twilight Ending, Sijo West, and Modern Haiku. Deborah's other creative endeavors include acting as one of four preliminary judges for Poem Kingdom's Vie Via Verse contest, editing and publishing Wellspring, an online journal of Christian poetry, and participation in the United Amateur Press Association of America, for which she holds the office of Secretary/Treasurer. Deborah makes her home in Chehalis, Washington with husband Jim and four foster children.