General Poetry posted September 9, 2018

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free verse

A chapter in the book Paper Dolls and Toy Soldiers

I Do Remember, But I Don't Tell

by michaelcahill

Certainly, I am       lonely for who does the ocean share with? who comprehends being                                 me? I'm not without heart or whimsy I do rest often at my age, to stretch out     in repose          under a blue sky is something we both delight in                             from time to time   I am amused by the foolhardy little ones        singing songs of triumph                   bobbing like corks and tickling my surface   I am amused …           for a time   and those who find mystery at the shore      gazing out o'er my majesty                attempting to consider my vastness   I allow it …        for a time   do you thrill to the sights in your glass-bottom boats              the creatures I harbor                     the stories I hide—   the tragedies too?   ahh, the shanty tales            the great ships                      on my silty floor do you see them? do you see through the glass in your boat           floating on my surface?   does the sand slip through your toes as you stand by the shore             while I gently approach?   Atlantis is real, you know …               I've hidden it away                       come find it                                      yes, come find it

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