Remembrance

Today the waves brought,

strings of words

mired in sea slime and salt,

glimmering in the melting moonlight

with quiet thoughts of remembrance…

Of the gentle breeze

and ecstatic kites,

like eagles hovering

in the cobalt blue sky…

Of a calm evening

splashing hues of orange and pink,

while we waited for fishes 

to leap out

 

of the heaving Chinese nets...

Of conch shells

lying deserted

with secret missives

from mermaids

to lovers above...

And of course,

of storms lashing in rage

while the shore stood

like a tragic hero

subdued by his own flaw

in the final act...