photo by Alex Lear
Where Are You
i seek you with the tender
urgency of ocean searching
for sand to touch
my roaring waves slowly
climb ashore and, with
neither shame nor hesitancy,
break softly into foamy wisps
which insistently whisper
your name into the warm
ear of the wind
those are not stars
lighting the night
those are my intimate eyes
looking for you
—kalamu ya salaam