Light shows its colors
Splitting in waterfall mist
Smiling to the sun

You know
That I'm here
But you
Don't look at me
Up above
Against blue sky
Brown skin silhouette
Board shorts
I want to
Avert my eyes
Even though I'm sure
You've done this before
I have not watched
because of
  the reality
    of a missed mark...
unrecoverable

I will not stop you
  But I hold my breath
      As you fly
Wingless bird
    Ocean fish
Emerging as white teeth smile
    Through bubbly froth
        Crawling dark sea spider
              Swims to rock
Shakes dark hair
   Glistening you ascend
       The cliff
              trail
                   disappearing

As do I

Saline infusion
Salty mist into my lungs
lips dry soft in heat

Coconut is split
Raked along the shore by waves
Then rests to take root
From the crack new life will come
Spilled milk and meat brings new growth

Vast blue sea and sky
Bright green fern, clear waters fall
Earthy smell of fruit

I wonder...

Do you wish
you'd not unleashed
your full tempest

Glassy flows
hardening scars
blackening

steam rising
at the confluence
of saltwater seas
     which soothe
            and cool

Maybe
you only needed
a receptive abyss

but it is
a mighty mass of molecules
     required to
         squelch your fury

you've destroyed
     so much beauty

yet
I return
in the aftermath
surveying the damage
seeking survivors

and wonder
if this silence
means
a lasting dormancy

that we might begin
a peaceful rebuilding