Sitka Sound
Otter port-side
six, no seven
far from extinction
out at sea
in such fitting protection
coats like none others
for north Pacific swell
four hundred, no
four thousand feet
to dark water
silent
but for whales
sounding
Towering stone once ground under great tracks of ice receding, now softened by moss, ferns, mist rising, cedar and spruce touching the ocean.
And the ocean touches the wind … that I may sense the greatness of this place.
six, no seven
far from extinction
out at sea
in such fitting protection
coats like none others
for north Pacific swell
four hundred, no
four thousand feet
to dark water
silent
but for whales
sounding
Towering stone once ground under great tracks of ice receding, now softened by moss, ferns, mist rising, cedar and spruce touching the ocean.
And the ocean touches the wind … that I may sense the greatness of this place.