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178 Ocean poems
10/14/2024 00:00h
Sea glass is a broken bottle
after long enough
it becomes something people collect
i like that story
i don't want to explain why
09/07/2024 00:00h
I went swimming in the ocean at night
which everyone says not to do
but the water was warm
and the moon was there
and i'm here to tell you it was fine
06/17/2024 00:00h
Underwater the noise stops
everything slows down
i've found it's the only way
to think sometimes
i go under and stay until i need air
which is a metaphor
but also literally true
04/18/2024 00:00h
They showed me pictures of the reef
what it looked like before the bleaching
the color of it
and then what it looks like now
pale and branching and quiet
like an apology
12/15/2023 00:00h
The tide pool has its own rules
everything waiting for the tide to tell it what to do
the anemone doesn't rush
i sat there an hour
before i realized i was holding my breath
10/09/2023 00:00h
The current takes you
if you fight it you tire
if you follow it you go somewhere else
i've been thinking about this
not about swimming
04/25/2023 00:00h
High tide covers the footprints
makes the beach new again
temporary, sure
but clean
i've been thinking about clean starts
the tide makes them look easy
02/17/2023 00:00h
There's nothing past the horizon
until there is
i've thought about that on every crossing
the horizon moves with you
you never reach it
you just keep going