the gulf
is unfathomable
but i celebrate regularly
its rhythm
its turbulence
its warmth
applaud its tides
its servants
the wind and the rain
the glistening sun
the reflected moonlight
and then at departure
i acknowledge
its gulls

its flocking gulls

Published in ‘i want that in writing’
edited by Brenda Eldridge at Ginninderra Press, 2020