The Call
(after Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift)
The loud clap of thunder, woke me up, I
felt my head spin like it was a bottle spinning, that’s when I heard
your scream, I knew that it was you
my child, is screaming from the storm, I ran to your calling.
Spencer Gallup (he/him) is a poet, spoken-word artist, and legal assistant from Mississauga, Ontario. His work has appeared in Poet in Verse Journal, Half and One, Vial of Bones Zine, and other publications. His writing explores nature, mental health, disability, authenticity, and autism. He is a member of the Mississauga Writers Group.