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Chasing Whales
As the day begins to close
I find myself between the rows
Of golden sun and dappled trees
Midst dancing light and trembling leaves
Setting fire burns the sky
Whilst framing gulls with scarlet dye
A geyser springs from distant view
Mist rising through the fading hue
Sprint past pines and crumbling rock
To jump the gate, ignore the lock
I follow pull of creaking waves
And seek the salty breeze I crave
Leap from sand and slice through blue
The liquid life that cyclones brew
I take a breath, the sting dies down
Why sink to swim or breathe to drown?
I know they're close: the current pulls
A gentle rocking, drifting lulls
Me; farther from the foaming shore
Far from a freedom held no more
Holding tight to trace the lines
Each scar a story set to rhyme
I hear the groan of secrets deep
As I am lured back to sleep
Old tongues forged and lost with moons
Still cry for years and memories strewn
It cleaves to hearts and steals my soul
As I embrace their pleadings whole
Above worlds and lands below
The caps weave inward, tides aglow
A cratered man bids me goodnight
And cradles us with silver light
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