it makes sense it seems to me
to cry into the sea
so i bellied up to the sand bar
and wept into the seaweed
poured the water over my head
and down my back
and let it have my grief
as the water came over me
in its cold i clenched as
if to keep my grief within.
that was not what i want.
so another measure of her
saltiness overhead. opened eyes
swished mouth.
she pushed me around like a bear
tousling her cub
until i laughed and laughed
and threw her into the air
where she caught and sparkled in the sun
thank you for freeing my fun
from me. and when i touched her
and said goodbye, until next time
i turned away. she did chide,
i faced her again with new clarity
of course my love you are inside!
this moment is with me wherever i go
i stepped then upon a shell
an oyster. she remind
me the world is mine
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