SandScript 2021

A LOVE LETTER FROM THE SEA
TO THE OLIVE TREE
Sierra Vigil
I am the salty sea
rough and tempest too,
and you are an olive tree
in strong arms you hold the baby doves’ coo.
I’ll lap and I’ll rap at the soft earth that cradles your roots
my gentle knock
a friendly knock
a lover’s game of pursuit,
and you will wave your branches in the same breath,
I’ll see their shadow on the horizon
when the ball falls and the sky turns red.
I can feel your being
though we are apart;
but it’s not something that needs to be seenthe
gentle waves inside our hearts.
So here we are
counting stars
among other pointless things
and I love just being with you -
thank God we’re in the same galaxy.
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