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[Poetry] Probing the Mighty

By M. Ocampo McIvor

 

You lap at my feet on the shore,

caressing, cajoling,

assuring me: Today is not a day

for fury,

though your waves be a breath away

from mischief.


If I swim across your silver surf

would you buoy me up,

keep me afloat?

I’d be no use to you

lifeless,

unless you seek a sacrifice—


                 do you?


I fear the secrets that you hold

yet am eager to discover them;

nothing on earth is as vast

or as ancient as you,

nothing as wise or

indifferent.


You are where I begin,

and as you are, so I

shall never

end.

 

 

M. Ocampo McIvor was born in the Philippines, raised in Toronto, Canada, and currently calls both Toronto and Seattle home. She is the author of Ugly Things We Hide and Who Knows You Best. Learn more about her work, including her latest novel-in-progress about a boy, a boat, magic, and destiny, on mocampomcivor.com.




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