Inamorato
Quartet
I.
haunted by this
changeling sea
he gives in to its pull,
follows the call
of crimson cloud,
evening star
and storm-lashed sky
II.
becalmed
he stills with the
waves
floats upon his own
unmoving
meditation
still face upturned
to worship
the rain
III.
late night
he treads upon
the moon-beaten path
across oceans
where breakers dance
and shimmer
and crash upon
a foreign shoreline
IV.
turn away
back set against
that unfamiliar
land
to shadow a
trail
unknowing
feeling only
the urgent call of
sea and
horizon
and lonely
North Star.
© Nov. 19, 2005