at a shoreline splintered by sunlight
a million flickering
fast so hard it thumbs the heart
tender as old leather

body baptized by sun, body
blue in the waves, body purple
like a twilight setting fleshed in rough skin

the light a sound like wind chimes
the light sensing as a gentle wind

unblinded in a cloudless glow
flashing against the soft cloth of day
compassionate as doves, radiance soft cooing

horizon humming, bowing against the
gradient seas with ships ablaze, bowed just
as a string stretched across fragrant woods
carving into surface as a cello, a deep and
hollowed beauty--luminous impression

hallow of the heart
hoping for kindness
and mercy