there are dark
waves

all I have to do is jump
in them

and I’ll disappear forever

I won’t drown
I won’t get washed out to sea

just at the moment of submersion
I’ll never come back

I’ve been searching
for this beach

a very
long time

Selected byNolcha Fox
Image credit:Matt Hardy
Daniel J. Flore III

Daniel J. Flore III’s fifth book of poetry is WRITTEN IN THE DUST ON THE CEILING FAN and it can be found here.