down the hatches | poem

poem | poet | poetry

down the hatches

cannons of hurt, shipwreck another one.

toss sentiments overboard like slaves

island bodies out of sheer existence

as the refugees

cling to gunwales with wet lips

salty from the suffering,

as though pain were a lifebuoy.

cost of living

a price paid for falling overboard.

adrift at sea, unmapped

marooned

from one another.

stand-alone,

rise tide waves