Tidal Currency

breakneck blue / bleached spray surging /  crashing / shore is a landing place

/ for souls / stripped of their / …  / everything / girt by sea / shapes on

the horizon / sometimes / a thin straight line / sometimes /

blurred by brine / in the eyes / of those searching for / …  / everything

/ a surf board / thrust into the same waters / gulls in the light / bright

orange / feet fleeting / wings /  disappearing / into a blaze / thrumming

a rhythm / not dissimilar to / hearts searching for a / … / sure thing /

we’re spent on sand / they’re coughing up / we’re licking ice-cream /

sticky / fingers / they’re prisoners / see this / ? / sometimes / everything

/ is / swell / … /