The Sea

The sea
           Wanders in
                      Curls its fingers around a
                                       Yielding isle of sand
                                                                and reeds
                                                   The land
                                                               crumbles
A wafer in the toothless maw
                 of creation
                 or destruction
                 or erosion
The reshaping of the earth
                 with soft, liquid hands.


Shadow Ocean
2003