The sea’s so rough today
all brilliant aqua, stormy grey


the waves are crested horses
white plumed tails


the sea's like
me, a churning spirit


wild ‘n fey:
tourist’s crowd beneath

their shade,
skin charred pink.


*

Trade winds
scour the night


breakers roll in
undertow obscures 


the light::

fish opaque
sheer, iridescent


bright jewels in
shifting miasma.


Later, moonlight
Jupiter & Venus

sapphire bright.

Snakes rustle
in your mind

evolve to night mare
scenario;

I have no hand
to brace you.


*

The island breathes
light bounces off rock


tourists pace the tideline
skin parched leather


& the waves fill
the trough in my heart.


I’m platinum here
pearl edged, ready


for the dance to deliver:


sun ‘n sea have melted me
I am evaporated


solid to liquid
liquid to light


empty space.




*


Silver light
sundown marks

a path to horizon
a shoal of flying fish


break the surface
down down deep


turtles roll the current
graze on seagrass.


These waves are cloggy
body pulling, swirl the rocks


spit salt spray.



*


I’m a taggle tongued
gypsy of life:


my words fall like
teardrops



on the rawness
of your skin


I sting you.