The Ocean Blues

I felt the ocean today
Rising in tumult around us,
Tearing at sinews
Steady relentless beating acid
Eating at shores and continents,
Like hunger at stomachs lined with emptiness.
Making islands of men
And pebbles of hard hearts.
I see your ruins at a distance.
I hunger. I hunger.
I tasted the ocean today
Bitter brine from eager cheek flow
Parting reluctant lips.
Speak in tongues
Of Sadness and Longing.
Tongues of Sadness
And Longing.