White crest

There must be

a longing for adventure

There must be

a longing for the sea

I waited where

you never thought to enter

I ran the sun

around a trinity

So I leave you

a sand’s spill from the ocean

I leave you

your still and tidy wings

There is the sound

of drifting silver fountains

And with the dawn

a distant bell will ring

Let the night

renew a course and chapter

Lest the earth

grow warm beneath my feet

For there must be

a longing for adventure

There must be

a longing for the sea

~

Elizabeth Cook, 2015

In Autumn of 2015

Wherein the changing face of night

A star may fall astray,

We keep its years of steady light

And love it still by day.

~

On the passing of Michael James O’Reilly.

Image from Earthsky.