You’re all around

I watch your surface ripple as you rush past
to meet your other, vast, salty self
in the unimaginable distance

Promise of a vastness half-fathomed
faint sound of seagulls
that you haven’t yet met

The trees in their sun clothes
with a veil of mopey cloud
live their secret other lives
in your loving reflection

You’re all around

You kiss my hair and soak my hems
drum on the world that bears me
a billion notes falling from the skies

You’re all around

The exuberant, rich fountain
glittering sun’s gold
bubbling murmur
children’s clear squeals

You’re all around

Tamed in my shower
mine, in my own home
I hide in your steam
you take me in and you take away
the day, the mask, the load
Where?
I would not know
until I’m all that’s left

You’re all around

You’re life and clarity and infinite muddy depths
shimmering reflections
doors between worlds
force unstoppable

You’re there when I cry
you’re there when I swallow
you’re there when I feed my baby
you’re there
in my blood
the imprint of an ancient sea
ever changing, ever renewed

You’re all