Salty seas and golden days,
Drifting in an ocean filled
With drops of melted sunshine.
Carved by waves of manic
Delight, bleached by seconds of
Stillness. Until I am stripped
Bone bare, ivory white and
Marble smooth; I’m born anew.
I’m carried on wistful currents
As the moon waxes and wanes,
Dripping milky dust: silver
To the sun’s golden treasures.
In a week I traverse the
Distance, from my home to a
Foreign land, a world of
Ebony bark; and next day,
I’m in the twisted mangroves.
The days fall together as
My riches make me heavy –
Waterlogged and bloated with
Diamonds shed by kings and queens.
The ocean spits me on a shore
And the sun, once golden,
Evaporates my marrow.
Pirate eyes and platinum
Smiles tell me all their secrets.
But I, the only true nomad
Cannot bleed out my sorrows.
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