Redon, coquille (1912) |
Dearest Ocean,To live in creation and not indestruction, recognize the miraclesof breath, heartbeat, and blood.The blood that carries oxygenand its by-products through meswarms with the miracle of love.Each molecule delights in movingstrength along its way. My heart enjoyssinging while it works, and then echoes backthrough each ocean shell. Do you, too,take pleasure in life’s stubborn persistence,its roaring, churning, laughing in song?Do you hear my heartbeat as I hear yours,steady as earth's trip around the sun,steady as moon's journey around the earth?You quote storms to me, but I recalland celebrate instead the day to daylow tide and high, sure as our dearest love.