OFFSHORE WIND
As the term offshore wind suggests, you saw
from the land
the invisible force that made the sea so
smooth
that you’d slide out onto it if you did not
resist
so clear that the pine trees behind your
back
which you otherwise only heard, now
suddenly
added their darkness to the depths
that began where the smoothness sharply
stopped
and blinding wave-crests crushed
a mirror over the abyss into which we felt
we were doomed to sink: Shards of glass
were scattered and gathered and scattered
again
so we smiled, saw ourselves smile,
recovered our breath,
and delighted shouted offshore wind,
offshore wind again.
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