Crevasses

poems

Published

November 10, 2022

How beautiful it is
that landlocked bodies
of water will find
their way to the ocean
through crevasses
no one else can see.
That something as light
as wind can carry
the heaviness of traveled waves
for miles through miles
of emptiness and longing
to distant shorelines
where at last they may find
a witness to their journey.
Rest and stay awhile, he says,
the sand is warm, the sun a friend.
Tell me the story of how you found
your way through the cracks. Show me
how you pieced yourself together
and dared the great escape.