No Need To Walk On Water

The moon light rippled

across the sea.

A shine full of 

might that burned against the

swells as quiet as dust.

The waves crashed and

Poseidon laughed as I rested

the bottle against

my teeth.

I smiled for

the moment

then drank for

the ages.

Stones shifted with the

tide,gentle and sometimes

as silent as mice.

Shine I said as another

tear tumbled and  my minds

eye flashed a far off memory 

that 

I came here to try 

and forget.

The Pacific came and 

went,sometimes 

with a fury and

other times in 

that silence only something

as deadly as the sea could produce.

I took a pull as 

another sin filled

Gull cried his 

curses into the wind.

Only I and the Gods

were listening as the 

hiss of the receding 

sea swirled

between the maze of 

stones 

that made up the 

thriving silent life

filled tide pools.

I looked to the heavens

and realized in that 

moving moment beneath the 

stars.

That I would

either go completely 

crazy here or leave

this place a Saint.