Titanic٭

As the Ocean breathes

      —She kills—

reclaims our time, our water

our dreams and beloveds

       —these things we thought we had

           these things we merely were.

—golden buddha beach, ko phra-thong, thailand—

1 january 05

٭ The reference here is to the tragedy of our own vanity

— the iron in our hulls we only borrow.