Love this one!! I just read a stunning poem of the sea on Rattle Everything this morning ... now this one. I'm getting my fill of the sea. "The trace of pearl that remains/in the bulk of you will fail," and the "moist sand of nostalgia." The magic words. I'm already feeling cooler in all this heat.
There is only salty water behind you;
love may not come from what you love;
you cannot always choose
the door that opens your life.
Love this one!! I just read a stunning poem of the sea on Rattle Everything this morning ... now this one. I'm getting my fill of the sea. "The trace of pearl that remains/in the bulk of you will fail," and the "moist sand of nostalgia." The magic words. I'm already feeling cooler in all this heat.
So happy you ran my favorite poem of Rick's.
I also love these lines.
"love may not come from what you love;
you cannot always choose
the door that opens your life."
Unexpected and true.
Beautiful poem, Rick!