Awake in the dark, I walk to the beach
waiting for the sky to turn blue
as the core of my mind right now
and what is blue?
tranquil, sensitive, electric, unsleepable
colors begin to fill the gray around me
sand becomes sandy brown
ocean becomes foamy ocean green
I look over my shoulder and see a dark pool
a dead seal black as last night
fear stabs my every vertebra
I was six feet from death and didn't know it
but can't the same be said for every day?
One day the sky will turn blue without me
haven't I walked through that anniversary for 45 years?
I look again to the seal
still young and beautiful.
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