ELEPHANTS EATING BREAKFAST ON THE BEACH

 
standing by the ocean watching every word
perhaps the ocean is watching me
footprints over so many years all stolen by the view
plastic bobbing corpses echo another life
organic crucifix surfboarding ride
a beaten sky throws the cloud some memory in disguise
 
who am i 
i can hear myself scream
pieces of a drawing a nightmare in a dream
sand flows from the wounds i let you rest in
could i destroy that knocking on the door
silence the turning head
and carry another stormy wave
 
Romantic smooth melting kiss
the smell of musk drifting along the chained reason
an escape -and me left on a sodden rainy beach
speaking in some mixed meaning-
while a bizarre scene unfolds me spreading tears
and three elephants from an indoor zoo strode strongly
along each pebble strewn interlude,
always at the very ocean edge-never inland
im just waiting for the tide to return