SPARK

Frank Cianciotti

Inspiration Piece

Lisa Nielsen

Response:

adrift again

i scattered you into the ocean
to say good-bye
and then came back to find you

i expected you to be waiting
but i can’t see beyond the horizon

my feet massage
the wet sand,
my heart swells
like too big a thing
pressed into an imaginary box

i am in
the center of the universe
searching
for your remains
hoping clumps of you
will be delivered by
a sympathetic wave

i imagine, instead, you
clinging to the sea wall
and the bitterness of
knowing i let you escape

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