Stephanie Tobia
The Sea Remembers Me
Red snapper buoyed on the coastal Gulf—
a table flare on Christmas Eve,
glitter under the water's stained-glass.
He speaks to me in reefs and rocky altars,
kisses my toes, swallows me whole,
I am both devoured and afloat.
Dissipating into coral relics and liturgy,
a tide in reverse, a baptism undone.
Bio
Stephanie Tobia holds a Doctorate in Medical Humanities and MFA in Poetry from Drew University. Her work explores memory, mythology, and the quiet intersections between the spiritual and the tangible. Her poems have appeared in Poetry South, Pleiades, Plume Poetry, and others. When she's not writing, you can find her walking her dog, Ghost.