‘The yellow half-moon enlarged, sagging down, drooping, the face of the sea almost touching, the boy ecstatic’
Contrition wails your siren song
Your mournful cries sweeping the shadows
Beckoning for forgiveness
In the darkness of empty waters
A lighthouse on your island
Poring over black, undulating expanse
They are returned to you, your lyrics
From the deep to the shore
For pretty penitence
Cannot atonement replace
The night a reflection of your face
The sea your prison forevermore
(2015)