Caroling
This sun-gloried Nativity-eve a.m.,
We awaken, later than our dreams,
To the syncopated cadences of breaking waves
Caroling, just below us, nine stories close.
We're being visited by a Christmas epiphany.
Buoyant souls born of the ocean's sleep-womb,
Flowing into each other, as one being,
We listen to the sea's heartbeats singing noels,
As they subside into distant silence,
Only to rise, over and over — hymns to joy.
12/24/11
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