The Deepest Sea

The Deepest Sea

Nightly

we drift

like sand upon sea

then, into the deep

we dive,

swim

with the elements of our day

and dream.

This East Sea

is the Pacific

later the Atlantic

reaches all continents.

This East Sea

is rain

falling on mountains

drunken by millions of mothers

swishing around babies

that are being formed.

Our dreams, you see

are

in that sea

always being formed.

The sea connects us all

forms us

carries us

as when we die

Buried,

we become all undone as dust

washed by rain

slowly

we drift

to become like sand upon sea

into the deep

we further die

to swim with the elements of our days

and dream

in the deepest sea.

--M.T.

-- presented Aug 4 2009 2:10pm Busan Sea/Marine Literature Festival

Written a week before in a taxi coming to LG Metrocity from Busan Immigration.