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.