Saturday 27 February 2021

A Poem a Day (395): Shells flutter

 
 
 
Shells flutter
 
Shells flutter in the blue,
pull on invisible strings
linking up to the stars; faint
moonlight converse flickers.
 
This speckled carpet undulates,
reflective, blinking morse code
messages to the sleeping fish,
deep depths impenetrable.
 
Seaweed mats creep out
catch driftwood cracking.
The air curves quiet, birdless,
all sound sacred to the sea,
 
this gentle swish of motion
hungering for dawn’s rays
to awaken this stillness,
bring everything back to life.
 
 
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, February 27, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 

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