Diver

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by Dorothee Sophie Royal

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Let us place
our children
in other arms

      let go

of air,
press palms
together

      and open

the water,
door
of our eyes –

grab seaweed
like stories

      and watch

our hair uncurl
and rise
in waves

      become

deeper green

away from sound
away from mouths

swallow emerald

      whole

unruly, round.

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Dorothee Sophie Royal is a writer, poet and mother living in Berlin. She holds a BA from the University of Chicago and her work has appeared in Invoke Magazine, Sub Rosa Press, Motherlore Threads and For The Wild. She is currently a Writer-in-Residence at Motherlore Magazine (2026) where she is completing her debut poetry chapbook.

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