Meredith MacLeod-Davidson
I want to live as something porous like volcanic rock
like sea urchin fish in camouflage
coral and ocean alcoves. Tucked in.
Obsessive fixation a symptom.
I insisted the trigger points
healed. Unfortunate with age
the points don’t close
they merely conceal themselves.
A lack of self-love? Is it not
miraculous we get on
a plane, arrive somewhere
warm for the winter grit
sand no longer irritating.
Receiving the crash of surf
without a flinch. On a beach
we embrace olive flesh firmly
between teeth. Something sweet
a brine sifting through tastebuds.
Waves breaking the limits
of continents down
to silt. over time.
Meredith MacLeod Davidson is a Glasgow-based poet and writer, originally from Virginia. Their debut poetry pamphlet, Transpiration, was published in October 2025 with ignition press. Meredith's poetry has been published in journals that include The Poetry Review, The London Magazine, Foglifter, filling Station, trampset, and Puerto del Sol. Meredith is the co-founder of crisp packet poetry and co-curates Glasgow's Discount Guillotine reading series.