Embracing the Pause
The waves won't tell me when they'll come crashing onto my body
nor will the winds reveal where they'll carry me away
I sit there in silence
my hands stuck to the seat
toes gripping the deck
my body shivering from the cold
I sit there
unperturbed
waiting aimlessly and accepting it all
Salt grains linger on my lips
lashes
and hair
I open my eyes with an effort
seeing the leaping dolphins
people cheering and raising their cameras and phones
They'll soon forget us
just as
we'll forget them
But the machines remember
remember not them
but “Tursiops truncatus”