11/19/2025

Cradled in a tuckered hollow of rock and bramble,

a screen between us and the rest

and the sounds of rushing water

all around;

Hearts take, set and wander,

kiss a stone for good luck or

strike a pike into the cracked break of stone

and split the earth into two pieces,

one for you and one for me,

and the depths of oceans, though may 

angrily seek to suffocate and drown,

shall find us full of breath.