Poems by Linda Rubin
Oh ocean
I do hear you
Your message beats the rocks
Who would contain you
You keep coming
Barriers withstand your pleas
To be heard amongst the noise
Sometimes birds or maybe ships
All at once demand attention
What importance holds your message
Only that you’re here
Cradling trees
Tall and majestic
Lost inside limbs strong
Crumpled leaves rest for a moment and away
Blows through your wooden arms
I pass through now
Tunneling into your darkness
A pattern of light
Peeks from afar
The headlights of my mind
Guide my way
Out the other side
Briefly sheltered by you
Out again on my own
Thankful for the moment