Sunday, October 23, 2016

Inlander

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Windblown on the vivd bar

where stillness seems a risk,

surf gnashing at the dunes,

the wine-dark sea a threat

to swallow everything rooted or built,

your faith in engineering wanes,

and you're happy to hose off the salt

and drive back into your staid hills

far from the violent margins of renewal

toward the peace and relative comfort

of gradual endings,

better attuned, if you're lucky,

to your own slow fade.