lean òran
Trail the ridge
up to its breastbone
& you shall
see: the ocean
is in love with
the boy / the ocean
is in love
& the boy is
yearning / a cadence of
wanting / waterbirds
unfurling like
silent
witness / the ocean's
loudness / the boy's
quietness / breath faithful
to a living
river / the
river, yes, is
in-
side / a sting
cloaked with
cardinals / for
ocean: a thrum of
aftersong / beaks
brightening the
current / for
boy: a gathering of
salt,
symphony / fingers
uncurling into
a kingdom / for
both: signs
dressed as
silences / the wind
learning,
learning / a tiny
humbling
walking
through
us