Ann Marie Williams
“Tangled Ocean Dreams”
Response
Ocean Dreams
By Elizabeth Cordes
Inspiration piece
There is a long, luxurious hiss
as the sun sinks into the ocean.
The shimmering light
of the extinguishing beast
casts blood-red diamonds across the surface
and the waves lavish them on the shore.
My eyes half-lidded
from the hazy crimson dusk,
I descend to the beach
to collect the sparkling treasure.
I tie them together
on a bit of fishing line,
crimped and knotted.
But soon, as twilight descends
and the moonlight clears my vision,
I see that my diamonds are nothing
more than sea glass,
and my work is nothing
more than a tangle of garbage and broken shells.
I throw it to the ground
and watch it crawl away.
The fishing line is threaded
through the tip of a hermit crab’s shell.
My tangled dream drags along
behind its home, only to snag
on a wayward stone.
I watch it struggle a moment,
then turn away.
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