today
as I walk along the choppy beach
filled with seashells
rocks
and random
flotsam and jetsam
I notice something
I am
the gray, agitated sea
with its salty breath
spraying all who walk near enough
don’t you love those days
when the grayness of the sea
matches the grayness of the sky?
and your heart says
yes
I know that color
I am that color
walking along the beach
seeing the sky melt into the ocean
feeling grayness envelope me
I become
transparent
translucent
opaque
invisible
today
this is how I feel
when my feet are led
toward the topsy-turvy waves
that crash against rocks
and pull the sand out to sea
as the tide shifts
from lapping the shore
to lapping the sea
today
this is how I feel
as the day shifts
from sadness
to joy
without warning
and my heart
clenches around the lightness of being
saying
I know you
I remember you
and begins the tiniest of smiles
