Sharks in the Time of Saviors

by Kawai Strong Washburn

He said people think force and power is the same thing, but really force is what you use when you don’t got power.

It’s gotten harder with my family now. Each of us with our own language of death and grieving and no avenue for translation.

“Whenever I’ve made a choice in my life, a real choice…” She leans back from my head. Touches my shoulder just for a second. “I can always feel the change, after I choose. The better versions of myself, moving just out of reach.”

“I’m always losing better versions of myself,” she says. “I don’t know. You just have to keep trying.”