Today I Heard

the magic of an ocean

cry out my name:

You bring the French fries

and I’ll provide salt--

then you’ll see

the magnificence of my

scenery.

Foam-topped crescents

roil from windy gusts

as a sweep of rapid

frog-leaping movement

I tease thunder in my

plunging into  

an ocean presence

as I saw you

often watching.

Observe all you can

simply because

conquering waves

will be here

even when you pass

from this glorious land.