I’m sticking by water.
It’s done nothing wrong.
It doesn’t divide the shores
of this lake. It joins them.
The same with that island.
Islands don’t float on air
and air is also a form
of connection (you’d not
hear me speak otherwise –
or that broadcaster on-air).
Looked at from here
all there is between us
are waves and the world
is an archipelago
whose shores are blurred
by tides and salvage
reminders of migrations.
Put your ear to the surface
and you might hear
the distant sounding of whales.Image: Marina Shiderova; text: Tom Phillips
