“What a dream it must be
To live by the sea”
Yet the waters and wild never sleep
Below this old balcony
Palms thrash in the wind
Waves crash on rocks again and again
But then
Eyes follow swells into the bay
Then further
Where the water deepens into a darker shade
The relentless roar in my ear
Fades to squiggles of white froth
That arise and disappear
Out of and into nowhere
Only at the foot of my door
Do the waters wage war
What of the great waves and monsoons
That swallow ships in one gulp
The place where whales sing and kiss the air
Bat water mountains with monumental fins
Carve craters fit for asteroids
In oceans so deep
Who knows what walks the earth down there
From here
It’s all blue
The ocean knows not of the thing that unites us all
Yet it is
And how often must we forget
That when we gaze into the blue
We see one, not two
All, never fewer, never few
Immortal glue
Binds the soul to itself again
Finally
Remove the cloak of this heavenly body
Be worn again
In the place where whales sing
Listen for silence
You see
Everything is calm on the infinite horizon
Where endless sky meets endless sea
Where duality dissolves into eternal peace
Forever united
Forever free
Forever still
’til the kettle whistle calls for tea
Art by Kėkė 