Under

And the places before

You sailed

Solitary

Though you were not alone

ever

I can feel the shift  

That defines this path of tributaries

through the stream

that leads me

to your sea 

I contemplate

Past

Present

providence

And hope

time passing by again

As a course

That must be run

As the sun drops slowly

to the horizon

And i realize how deep i have sunken

The grace under waves

And the pain

Stacked high

Rocks to raise me above

The stones that have been thrown

And as a river

They gather in pools

Shallowing conviction

Softening slowly spinning  to sand

And pushing through the hourglass

to define

This passage

And brook the precedent

that isn’t mine

what is

but a blink

not enough to sink

the ship i jumped

where this current will take me

where will it leave me?

beyond  the torrent of

reticence

Reveal the knot

Grounded in sand of the past

weathered with tension

still tethered

through so many waves ago

that bind your ship

from dipping

over the sinking sun

Drag the current to the water's edge

landlocked

Cave the sand in dots

mark a path

with footprints

i cannot follow

or match

as the tide sweeps clean

and as the match ignites to a flame

of indiscretion

i will

make a stand

poise and cuff against the flood

i will

crumble

already thrown ashore

I’ve found my place

i quietly descend

under the face of the water

i sit below

as the drift takes me home.