Ocean Gods

Shell of 

my picking

Thick with

life.

Markings

of Egyptian 

glory

dance with 

red and of

crushed 

coral. 

Busy thoughts

and flesh

remind

me of

my height in

this earth. 

Blowing

out candles

and cradling 

my yearn,

I gift you

back to

the ocean 

Gods. 

Returning

me life.