There’s Only One Thing You Can Do
Toss your pebble in the river,
Watch it ripple,
And know you have moved the ocean.
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ocean
(AN OCEAN OF STORY)
an ocean of story
on which he survived
adrift on a raft
whichever current
took him varied by day
wave far-off shore
he wished to avoid
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(HER NAME COVERED)
her name covered
ocean silent in
sunrise shimmer
broken in waves
reforming tide
the taste of tears
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(DIDN’T YOU KNOW)
didn’t you know
seagulls scavengers
will snatch your
secrets in their beaks
greedy eyed wing
out to sea
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(OCEAN BREATHES IN HEAVES
ocean breathes in heaves
slaps caresses rocks silent
in observation
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(SUN BLOOD WASHES IN)
sun blood washes in
waves ignites sand into glass
molten cleansing fire
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blue
mistaking the blue of the sky
for the ocean
he dives in
and swims
nonetheless
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Ocean of Fire
in a city where once
in an ocean of fire
where the sun
not always shine
as a heart
not meant
to be mine
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Look this way
As if you could answer,
I ask out loud —
what took your eyes
from the camera
in this last picture I have of you?
Glance up at me now. Please.
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White ship waiting
He sees a tall-masted wooden ship
In Honolulu Harbor
It sits there, crewless, silent,
bobbing with the waves.
And my father thinks
It is there for him.
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