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