Landfall

When I get to shore I want to take a good look around.
When I get to shore I want to sink my bare feet into the wet sand,
deep,
drill my way down to my ankles and calves
and watch the water rise around the edges of the foot-hole I've made.
When I get to shore I want to remember how it felt to be out here
swimming,
never tiring but never seeing land, just a horizon that goes on forever.
I remember that last piece of land,
sand
before I pushed off, fell asleep and
found myself floating effortlessly out here in the middle.

Preserving life with a jacket I can't see.

When I get to shore I'll stay close to the waves.
One quick tag and I'm gone again.

When I get to shore, I wonder.
Will it be the same shore?



my poem, not my photo...