Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Sea Star

 

Sometimes I see us both

at the ocean shore

looking out.

 

You are wading further out from me

wearing your swimming trunks

and cheerful broken heart.

 

I want to cry out, Come Back,

and I do

cry out.

 

But you are gone—

an ocean between us.

 

Swinging prayers

like lanterns over the deep,

I hope for the light to

reach you,

 

for you to surface,

a Chinook

in the hook of your hands,

 

realizing what a catch you are.

 

 

© 2024 Jennifer Wagner

 

NPM Day 24

3 comments:

  1. Sad and beautiful, lovey poem with so much imagery and power. Wonderful!

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  2. Jennifer, these are beautiful lines,
    "Swinging prayers

    like lanterns over the deep,

    I hope for the light to

    reach you,"

    nicely done!

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  3. Wow. Now that's a love poem. It hit me right in the heart.

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