Out of My Element

I have watched the swell,

rising by degrees,

quickening in pace,

until its crest ruffled

white and spoke its first

words to the world.

I have watched that short

lived peak curl forward

with indentured gravitas,

throwing the light and

shifting the sounds with

fleeting beauty in a narrowing eye.

I can feel the pull.

I hold my breath,

close my eyes,

and hope.