Receding Shore

by Laura Howat

Been walking on a rocky beach
tearing apart my tender feet
to find soft sand would be so sweet

Follow the shore along
crying fat tears 
I mourn
wailing into my constant storm

Too many traumas
go forward bitterly
committed to my trail of misery
can’t shake ancestral history

Can I let go my need to be in rain
melt into seawater 
get free of pain
stop marching toward an earthly grave
let go my heart into the wave

Leave disasters on receding shore
in peace
float away
now released

Waves rock me 
keep me warm

perhaps

I can transform

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