wind & waves today
ate away
with eager sand
teeth these
sad juts of
sharp edges
from the shells
of my everyday
selves
a baptism
of beach
black cobbles
count each
gull shriek
each prayer
loosed from
its mooring &
washed
wavering through
grey mists &
opalescent air
find me fresh
intent in long
saline washes
of agate coast
& its waves ripped
from an ocean
too cold
too wild
to cower in
seawater
see water
redraw lines
i was sure
there was
shore
sea brine
breaths shiver
down my throat
taunt a
mountain-muted
tongue tucked
too long in
dry valleys
should've
left myself
by the sea
shipwrecked
without
any qualms
landlocked
caught & roll
in too many wrong
riptides
gotta get
a breath
of beach &
a breadth
of better lungs
this heart-
beat's
breakers
in driftwood
bones
& saltwater
swims
through
these veins
stuff your
pockets
with poems
& let's swim
until the
shoreline
disappears
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