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Into the Ultramarine


"Into the Ultramarine"


barefoot along the path down to the beach
the memories follow me like seagulls
either side the honour guard of scarlet coastal banksia
and the sharp green scent of Bribie Island pine 

wave over me 

The wide expanse of a life 
like the wild side foreshore
now vastly eroded, 
the space between, much shorter 

the tides in time 
have taken 
the sands further out
dissolving the childish past

past the dissolving 
further out 
the Ocean deep 
calls me further in

shedding skin 
like a Selkie 
diving head first
bare feet the body slippery
 
into the Ultramarine

the Ultramarine 
like a possessive lover
takes me



Candide Diderot. ‘24

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