you deserve to rest
deluge lungs depress
and swell with each
tremendous breath
each breath
we merge
tides wrap
envelop
slumber soundly old saint
dream deep my great marine,
blossom shoals in roiling tenor
who seek your shelter bosom
amongst your countless opaque eyes
that keen to my aching smile
of life and scolds us if we seek
your viscera low in lightless places
you callus in the cold
cracks and rends with restlessness
fierce the dim dark above old Gehenna
I sing to you my grey expanse
all the earth upon your back
your breadth does render me
mere grains in blithesome foam
blackened pumice sand
holds our fleeting marks
the innumerable acts of fitful life
glowering waves servant guards
pull muscle currents taught
barnacle knives will shred flesh
and remind us of our place
break! oh casted crescent!
strike thine elemental
that which feeds my soul and seed
the bounty forever thankful
tender roots and briny fruit
rake the fractious undertow
seek kelp forest limbs
we pluck their tender stems
burning lungs as we plunge
the fiery vital sting in us!
the black unknowing shapes that swam
writhe in the currents of iridescence
the clench of teeth under cold
ferocious rivers blind and ceaseless drift
exalt your lucent froth and rime
luminaries in squall and surge
among your niveous grasp
hold us fast and hold us tight
churn with the ravening tide
the turbulent quarrel incessant
we long for Nephyses heart
tempestuous through arteries
harvest appendages
give of yourself to us
you are the vigorous
you are the blood in us!
