On the Wide Sand

There is a surge
that comes to me
as with a welcome
tirelessly

and fills my waiting
with a curve
spilling reflections
from above

till cloud and current
air and land
rocks and sparkles
understand

that the movement
of a tide
is as quiet
as a wing,

wafting open
to ride
on the spur
of everything.

First published in Pratik

Annie Finch Poems Spiral nature On the Wide Sand