Grey Haze

It's bright out
and the thermometer is
in the 90's.

But there's a grey haze
over everything - both
indoors & out.

And the spiders don't know
their boundaries.

A gem hides amidst a
sea of rocks, convincing
herself she's special, but
feeling like a useless pebble.

"Maybe someday I'll wash up
on the right shore,"
she says with a sigh.