CAST OF ECHOES

CAST OF ECHOES

Ricardo Antonio Garcia

Each weighed anchor that sunk into your Soul

ended loves abyss

leaving no trace that it even existed before.

Only the Cod picking at the rust

permeates the senses

to think about them once more.

Finding a pearl of the deep

you should think about these imprisoning things

before you open the shell.

Each anchor that harbored a beautiful object

broke its chain and sank

never to be found again in your lifetime.

Only the allure of its bedding

invited you to cast a net into the Sea.

Finding the treasure of the past

will leave an empty chest containing scallops

and not enough to feed your senses.

Each submersion of each woman lost

sank to the bottom

resting there forever in its sandy chamber.

Only God could exhume the meanings

and distant echoes of Whales

that outlived your journey to ever hear them.

Finding the lure of love lost

should stay cremated in the void of memory

in its cast of echoes.