Tides

(Stream-of-consciousness, May 18, 2025)

Photo by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen on Unsplash

Send the islands out

Out into their tides

No hand awaits them

To claim their wealth

But hearts from each one reach

Clasping for each other across maritime gaps

And the waters are bridged by desire

And the waters are bridged by memory

And the waters are bridged by love

Tides roll in and out

The ocean, by the moon,

is guided to and from its guide-points

and paints cosmic trails on the earth

So then humanity

Terran and celestial

Glitters as a constellation

Below

And the waters are bridged by God