Not One More Whimpering Wave

Please don’t drown me

said the sand to the sea.

Just a little closer

I promise

not to submerge you.

May i stay,

you’re the most

exquisite sand i’ve ever seen.

I can come ashore

I’ve brought gifts

with my boat

loaded with baggage

carcasses, debt,

and knots as heavy

as lead weights

—I have all my decrees.

You are the smartest

sand i’ve ever met

above all other sand.

Allow me, just a little closer,

I'm in love with you

the moment i saw you

glistening on the shore.

Not one more whimpering wave

no more pained white caps

— love and death

both taste the same to me.