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Verse V0502 published Apr 28, 2026 written May 11, 1994 verse

Ocean Serenade

nature open form place memory

Salt water as distance teacher.

The ocean does not serenade you. It negotiates — ebb meaning take, flow meaning give back, horizon meaning you cannot finish looking.

I watch from shore, old enough to want freedom and old enough to fear depth.

Magenta at dusk is not romance only. It is receipt: day ending, creatures continuing without your approval.

Forever increasing is declined. Accurate is returning to the same edge changed by salt.

The tide keeps its argument with the sand.

JV · Dark Heart Labs

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Verse V0502