Hawaii
By JackAnniversary on the Island
Poem: "Anniversary on the Island," by W.S. Merwin from The Rain in the Trees (Random House).
Anniversary on the Island
The long waves glide in through the afternoon
while we watch from the island
from the cool shadow under the trees where the long ridge
a fold in the skirt of the mountain
runs down to the end of the headland
while we watch from the island
from the cool shadow under the trees where the long ridge
a fold in the skirt of the mountain
runs down to the end of the headland
day after day we wake to the island
the light rises through the drops on the leaves
and we remember like birds where we are
night after night we touch the dark island
that once we set out for
and lie still at last with the island in our armsthe light rises through the drops on the leaves
and we remember like birds where we are
night after night we touch the dark island
that once we set out for
hearing the leaves and the breathing shore
there are no years any more
only the one mountain
and on all sides the sea that brought us
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