congeries

each shell was separated into their distinct category. bivalvia, scaphopoda, gastropoda. meticulously scripted labels in white. but there was one group that stood out. amāre. a collection of shells of no scientific purpose but of memories. the jagged fragment of a sand dollar missing its matching piece where the arrowhead breathed. an eroded cockle molded smooth by sea tales. sprinkles of coquinas lay next to the partial curvature of gold, white and sunset of a pear whelk. each piece in its incomplete form stood to offer more than the others. a tribute to the heart.