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# Peace with the Tsunami
- URL: https://www.fsm.ink/peace-with-tsunami/
- Published: 2025-08-21T21:29:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-03T17:47:45.000Z
- Author: Isabel Dorn
- Tags: Poetry, #Import 2026-08-03 09:59

*by Isabel Dorn* 

The hurricane that wrecked me – that’s what you are,  
pulling me into your storm of destruction  
filling my lungs with your waves of salty death

yet I still hope my body washes up on your shore,  
limp and lifeless  
just as I was when I still dwelled in your shelter,  
feasting on your poisonous sugar while starving  
for true sustenance

Why do I still seek peace with a tsunami?  
I curse myself for craving  
the false peace of my old prison,  
a bed arrayed in violet butterflies  
with pillows shaped like clouds for my mind.

I wonder how many more storms I’ll weather  
before I’ll drown in you.

> Isabel Dorn (she/her) is a graduate student who uses poetry to examine the complexities of intersectionality and coming of age in the 21st century. As a Vietnamese American woman, she sees writing as a powerful tool for social justice and strives to create more visibility for underrepresented groups with her work.