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Seagull, Have We Met Before?

By Tt 

5/24/26 at Buckroe Beach, VA

(1)

I come alone with a missing heart 

My lonesome present made the sea vaster 

and waves more harshly 

A sensitive seagull landed in front of me softly 

She looked at me with quiet empathy

I closed my eyes, thanked the seagull fully

When I reopened my eyes and looked at the ocean,

The sea rolled like a vast blue blanket 

As if trying to enfold my somewhat cold and lost earthly being.

(2)

It is awful to be alone when things are not in one’s favor

Yet it is no easier

When beauty arrives

And there is no beloved soul beside you to share it.

(3)

Alas!

My dear Seagull,

Tell me why I can’t share good fortune with someone I love?

Why is a good heart often trashed like garbage?

And kind intentions get less attention than the mean thought?

(4)

“Yip! Yip! What you receive is what you have created.”

“Yip! Yip! No matter what has happened to you

You are always at the beach

And the ocean and I are here forever for you.”

Replied the seagull.

“My dear Seagull,

Are you an embodiment of a noble one? 

Are you a Dakini? 

Why do your eyes seem familiar?

As though we once shared another shore long ago?”

I quietly asked the seagull. 

(5)

I look at the seagull 

And she looks at me

I look at the ocean again

The ocean rolled like a vast blue blanket

As if trying to enfold my somewhat cold and lost earthly being.