Starfish

A poem about strength, dedicated to the sea.

It echoed
I answered
With stormy soul


Ebbs of spring waves sought your name
I carved it on a pebble
Tossed to the sea


So you could always follow
The blue
With or without the shipwreck of me


Poseidon rewarded my legs with a tide
To mingle, to soothe
Ablutions in my mind


Sandy winds tousled, berating the calm
The Blue whispered promises
In melancholy arms


Your wisdom trickled a warm embrace
As the sun beat me more
Kindly than I


Drifting, foetal, with faces towards the sky
Yours was the heat
That kissed me once more


So weak yet
Five limbed
I swam for the shore