Thursday, July 28, 2011

Day 738: 5 things that cannot break

5 things that cannot break

1.
when the wind blows
this house on stilts sways
bends into an ebb and flow
finds it way to be ocean like
endless
i know
someday
the walls and floors will fall
that this roof cannot stand forever
but the ocean it holds
inside of its bones
its nuts and bolts
they'lll take parts of me to see
that you've never seen

2.
i walked a mile and a half down the beach
and every few minutes stopped to touch the sea
to trace a name in the sand
one that i dont want to forget
that breaks part of me every time i think of her smile
and how many miles lie between on our bodies
every time i found my body dry and you were out of sight
i did it again
that is rhythm
and while i know i've been smashed cracked and bent
nothing can take this tempo out from under my skin
it is forever
it is destined
traced into me
unbroken
like your memory

3.
sunrises and sunsets
the way the tide follows a pattern i do not understand
how it will continue regardless
unbroken by time and man

4.
the tears falling from your eyes
how i tried to push them back in
or pull them out quick enough to be unnoticed
i wanted to protect you from myself
from the songs in my palms that wished to be a part of your dance
wanted to break the sadness from your body
but couldn't
it was there
endless
coming forward
regardless

5.
our timeline
it will exist before and after
we cannot change anything other than ourselves
how we will try
to fit our hearts in flat rate boxes
and send parts of us across the ocean
i imagine myself falling somewhere in the pacific
dying in my search for you
and you only making it to san fransisco
where you can fall in and out of love
with ever pace i ever held you
maybe memory will overcome
find you longing for a part of my ocean
maybe that will be the difference
between being left behind
carried forward
or broken

2 comments:

  1. "sunrises and sunsets
    the way the tide follows a pattern i do not understand
    how it will continue regardless
    unbroken by time and man/"

    I love this peice and the honesty. It is simple yet really strong. beautiful peice.

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