divide with a dive
the water of life
this side and that
is it not enough that i came back
again and again and again
is it not enough to just love you
step onto my island
your feet will not burn
for the shade of my pineapple tree
will keep you cool and sugar-filled
salt-less on this island of juiciness
words mesh into a lot of nothing
but i am hinting at everything
and waiting
for something to change
by itself
like caterpillars
or tadpoles
or at the very least matter
to you
that i am a poet with no poems
left to offer up
just me
mumbling and numb
and cooling on my island
Author notes
INSPIRATION: cool on your island : tori amos / my wife and our separation ...
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