all her life
she leaned toward sea
pelagic and tidal
she yearned for the deep
and yet she remains
only brine on the breeze
a blackened torn shadow
over sunset stands she
© 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
Ocean Pandanus
Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.
You’ve made me homesick 🙂
Nice 🙂
Thanks it was a lovely afternoon and I felt a little bit like that pandanus tree.
so beautiful Mel, love this so much!
Thanks Kerstin that means a lot coming from you. It’s nice to be back in Mission for a few days.