Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Aquatic Visual

Aquatic Visual

Where do we want to swim?
The clarity
of the South Pacific reef
is only matched 
by the artificial pool
contained in protective concrete, 
and the cold spring,
permeating up 
from the stone, 
while the predators 
hide in the murky mix 
of the storm churned ocean 
and the rolling mud river 
waiting to gaff 
and pull us together 
from the surface; 
a savior with teeth 
releasing us 
from the boundaries of flesh.

-Robert L. Jackson III


Sunday, August 9, 2015

Listening (Grateful Perspective)

Listening (Grateful Perspective)


Songs
that never caused ripples
on the morning water,
now crash and wear the stones 
with curled white knuckles, 
or maybe the palms 
have just forgotten 
how they once bent 
amid the hurricane 
that rewrote the musical staff, 
changing the channels and passed 
to open and close.
But now my aging borders
crack, 
spilling the fertile soil 
and welcoming the tides
to enter.

Robert L. Jackson III