the tide rises, the tide falls | an oceanic literary magazine

Twilight falls where church reflected on your eyes:
ancient light, pure beginnings; first opened to fade...

These days I like to eat my lunch under the shade of
lifeguard tower number three. A mix of tuna, celery, and...

of my own making: uncarved,
my flesh cold to the touch...

headlines report
sightings of a monster...

fraying terrycloth towels dusted
with salt and sand rubbed in...

light spills
through a fallstreak hole...

Broken sand and shells disappear under a frayed, capped ocean:
smooth-edged clouds shade cypress trees from the sun...

i. Sand Castles
The sailboats are black...

do you hear them too
the somber ocean, a lonely tide...

the wind drums his usual and i
surge his throbbing. you give yourself to me and i...

a star tortoise
carries the universe...

bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across...