Into the black waves, I would ride
In a single white boat
My hands paddling the wooden oars
To the farthest point I see
Early morning is my time
to submit to nature's will
My heart's a broken wheel
So faint, I am flat leaf
The sun is tugging a rope
Pressing the weight of death
So deep onto my chest
I am a fragment
Knotted, undistinguished
As shell bone or sponge
Water rushes into my ears
I embrace brine & foam
This sea & darkening sky
becomes a forest bed, I am
Giant kelp, floating mat
Letting the fish, sharks & lobsters
Carry me forth, cell after cell
Weed upon weed, I say
To all living creatures
Take every part of me as food
And multiply in ignorance*
*Line and verses inspired by Unsettled Motorcyclist Visions of His Death by Thom Dunn
Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Inspired by poems of Thom Dunn
and Poets United - Thanks for the visit ~
