The Widening
Sky
I am so small walking on the
beach
at night under the widening sky.
at night under the widening sky.
The wet sand quickens
beneath my feet
and the waves thunder against the shore.
and the waves thunder against the shore.
I am moving away from the
boardwalk
with its colorful streamers of people
with its colorful streamers of people
and the hotels with their
blinking lights.
The wind sighs for hundreds of miles.
The wind sighs for hundreds of miles.
I am disappearing so far
into the dark
I have vanished from sight.
I have vanished from sight.
I am a tiny seashell
that has secretly drifted ashore
that has secretly drifted ashore
and carries the sound of the
ocean
surging through its body.
surging through its body.
I am so small now no one can
see me.
How can I be filled with such a vast love?
How can I be filled with such a vast love?
~ Edward Hirsch
~
(Lay Back the
Darkness)
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