Your Wink I chose the coast Along the harbour’s verge that night To break the spell of open seas And found a nest of rock For looking back The ring of shoreline light Appeared to close, at times, And then recede around the waters, Making less and more of their expanse Steadily I gazed, and long, Upon the still commotion of This earthly aperture, Relentlessly opaque I know eyes widen from the dark And for desire, and too, That tricks of lensing and anatomy Enhance their size – perhaps that’s why I overestimated depth And failed to heed The glory of your wink ________________________________________________________________________ |