Crash

This moment is the heightened senses, a rose unraveling
quick as an explosion, the sudden shattering of a window
from a planetary baseball, fast rushing of my hidden bones
into the oncoming pavement, there is no holding it in, I am

Sea as temptress

Whisper slight you gentle things
silent on the shore
Tempt me with your movement
leave me wanting more
Shingle wet and shining
takes my breath again
Hypnotic here the beauty
how could I abstain?

Kissed by moving water

Kissed by moving water
gentle, sometimes strong
shingle moves the shifting sand
to the ocean’s song

The Undertow

Beware the undertow
My Mother always said
Always wondered what it looked like
as the thought filled me with dread

I pictured quite a monster
Lurking down below
Beneath the waves just waiting
But for what, I didn’t know

The Outward Movement

books have faded into distance
in every human, a book to read