A Big Wave Poem
—it breaks off the page

And swells in your memory,
  now hollow with rage

Its blank pages churning
  new sounds fill the air

Deep ink you are coursing
  as breathless you dare

Its words a tsunami
  they tumble and maul

Crushing all but the fearless
  watching consonants fall

Tightly closed up inside
  you compress for the light

And hope at the end
  you are saved in the fight

When giant verse calls
  hope and fear you befriend

Your line now committed
  —a write to the end

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2017)