Sequence
©November 28th, 2019
By Vijaya Sundaram
The upswell is lovely, but I reject it.
For it hints forever at its opposite.
What does anyone want?
What do I need?
Stasis beckons alluringly.
I shrug. Too boring to
Float forever on, moving
From one buoy to another, and
No end in sight.
This might be it, then, the answer:
A friendly stasis, then an upswell,
Then a pull-back, an ebb.
Then, a sudden flash,
And total evaporation.
(I like endings.)
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