Ice on skin exposed to night
calling to the sky, the moon obscured
begging it to crumble away
expose something else behind
Some kind of voice of reason and so forth
except maybe I should be digging
Forget the taste of fresh air in summer—
been so long since I tasted it anyway
It’s only an ocean of fire below
it can’t be any worse than suffocation
That’s what it is out here
slow choking on salt of tidal waves that never stop
barely a breath before they drag you under
So might as well forget the surface
and learn to hold your breath forever
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I remember swimming at Big Beach in Maui. I was out in the water, running up against the waves coming in. One of them I underestimated, and it dragged me down across the sand for what felt like an eternity before I was able to come up for air. Nobody saw it happen, so I guess it’s lucky I wasn’t dragged out the other way.
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The Light is On 
11 responses to “The Moon Obscured”
Wow, so haunting and descriptive. That sounds terrifying.
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Thank you! To be honest I kind of shrugged it off at first. Wasn’t until some time went by that I really realized what might have happened!
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WOW-Poem…and I’m glad you survived the wave tussle.
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Thank you! Glad I did, too. Cheers (:
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Blessings to you!
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Stunning!!❤️ Glad you didn’t get sucked out to sea either!
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Me too! And thank you (:
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❤️ You’re welcome 😊
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Omg! This is so good, it is just…beautiful
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Thanks so much (:
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I am glad you are safe
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