Moonless Night, Tomales Bay - Susan Lamont

[Larry Robinson]

Moonless Night, Tomales Bay

 
bioluminescence – n. the emission of light from living organisms
 
I set out upon an indigo bay
in evening's spare light,
yellow life jacket and red canoe, frail
against the muscle of dark water.
 
Pushing past the island
of cormorants and gull,
each stroke ignites ripples; oars
dripping with minute life.
 
An intimate, star-petaled sky
scatters its glow upon the sea.
Darting fish set a thousand blazes
and the spill of Milky Way
makes horizon meaningless.
 
Dazzled, I slip
beneath the surface,
the slide of my body against
the tide trails a comet of living light.
I stroke through
shimmering swells,
a second heartbeat.
 
Lit from inside, my hands open,
reveal the gold coins, passage
to life's unknown edge.
I am not yet ready to spend them,
but if I were, this might be the place,
purified by fire and water.

	- Susan Lamont
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