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Speak soft my name: tsunami

Speak soft my name

Whisper in a hush:
… tsu … tsu … tsu …

My first name‘s but a breath,
salty, ancient, from the depths,
exhaled from what‘s been built up
in the core, where once Earth bore
what She could not contain forever.

In a gasp,
… na … na … na …

my middle name‘s released:
upward to the sky,
inward in a giant gulp,
onward in a race to greet the shore.

In awe, repeat what you fear most!
… me … me … me …

As unaware you wait my awesome thrust,
my curve that curls at sandy shore, my wave
that skyward soars magnificent, my grab
that drags all to my bosom in the end.

So few the hours that I spend, but ...
Oh, what moments I have lived!
I’ve cleansed the Earth,
returning all to muddy clay.

Whisper soft my name:
tsu … na … mi.

Say a little prayer:
tsu … na … mi.

Within my watery grave:
tsu … na … mi.

Sleep.
My thirst is quenched.

© Kåre Enga

skrift: 2005 januar 2. To review/rate: "Speak soft my name"  In spite of 433 views and 77 r/r it still hasn't been published in a printed magazine. Perhaps I should submit it somewhere? Where? Anybody got a clue? Is CNN listening? BBC? ABC? CBC? Anyone else who lives in the Land-of-the-Alphabet-Soup? How about The Atlantic or the New Yorker. The paper in Emporia?

For the tsunami off of Indonesia that devastated the rim of the Indian Ocean in late 2004. I post it here in response to the news that there has been a tsunami in the South Pacific in the Solomon Islands, reported on just minutes ago:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/ap_on_re_au_an/south_pacific_earthquake;_ylt...

Tsunami in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami
Where are the Solomon Islands?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_islands

My regular blog entry returns tomorrow. (17,135 views) Now go read yesterday's entry!