1.
Come to me, dearest day –
bring everything, and nothing
I say, and the Atlantic
offers its high tide,
and the firmament
draws closer by night.
2.
A small hammerhead shark
writhes on a hook,
a fisherman tries to save it,
his wife says hold on
and gets her camera ready.
3.
Stars turn on one by one
like a city at dusk,
my grandson casts his line
at the water’s edge, then
my prayer for his happiness,
the silence between swells,
the way I say to him
you were right about the sky.
4.
When everything disappears,
then reappears so quickly
you have no time to be alarmed;
when satellites pass overhead
like little demigods.
5.
A busy sky,
a busy sea,
the earth’s shadow –
your shadow
and my shadow,
cradled by the moon.
Don’t forget me.
Don’t forget me.
6.
A pit full of embers;
the north wind lifts one,
carries it across the sand
until its tiny light disappears.
