Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Slow breathing sea

At Flat Rock Point, Rockport, March 1st. Draft.

Pewter platter sea,
swelling mounded silver at a shore
ringed with lace -
finest white
that glows in fading day.

Down orange rocks I climb,
perch where leveled eye
beholds the line
where sky and water
touch
in contrasting blues -
heaven brighter and ocean darker hued.

Water swishes hem against
the shore
or bellows deep where run
against sharp rocks,
as she tries to gain a foothold
on the land.

I turn my back
before night shadows the crevasses,
leaving my sea
still locked between
sky and earth.

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