We Are Not Islands : May 2016

We are not islands We of the islands of N and Z placed together There are three of us If we were islands We would lie in the sea Sunbathing Waves would lap over us Playfully tickle our sandy shores Crash against our rocky cliffs Throw seaweed onto our beaches. We would see each other On the distant horizons on a clear day We would never meet Never move towards each other Embrace Calming each other's senses simply by being there As islands, meeting in this way Would be meaningless to us Incomprehensible We would be being what we were meant to be Islands of rock, of land In the sometimes sunny, sometimes stormy sea When we, strengthened by coming together Move apart We are like islands linked by similar vegetation As birds fly from one to another, over above in the sky We send our thoughts over the Wi-Fi into the sky Standing alone as non-islands, we are not landlocked Carrying our bases with us, able to come and go Distant and closer You don't throw seaweed on my beaches I don't float unmoving in a distant sea We are alone generally free to move around in our own worlds Being who we see we can be Being not islands standing alone in an ocean of sea Being free to move To share our thoughts poetically We are able unlike islands To write our words Where others may see them, may hear them To make public What is only inside ourselves Can an island do that? May 2016