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 On Islands, Leisure, and God

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Simmer( St Thomas)

We deh ride round

From Cruz Bay to Red Hook and Coki Point

Down winding roads and up sharp turns

 

It’ getting dark now

Harder to see through the yellow-cedar trees

We stop

 

A previously camouflaged corner bottle suddenly appears

Wedged in between Rum and Tequila

It topples down from the top shelf 

What yo do in de dark come out in de light

 

Water bubblin' in de August heat.

Waves rising into rocky apparitions like duppies

When de tide rise, all boat float

 

Longa dan twine

its time 

To set sail

Into the unknown

Leh we go

Stowaway( St Croix)

Leh we go

On the underbelly of ships

hop on

And over  

And under

Occluded from light

Creating Shadows

 

I’s a Castaway 

Cast a-stray 

By Them Man

 

Me’n sure of life more sure of death

But breath by breath

I ge’ de courage 

Gah walk onboard 

 

this cruise is

A trip of unsure length 

Crucian Time its

Cruisin Time

I can hear the drums of the ocean

On this

 

Maiden Voyage

May de Lawd bless me on this 

Myal-Revival engulfing me

 

Tie ya boat good, storm comin

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Shipwreck (Kauai)

The Ship is

Weaving in and out of murky waters 

Waves haki on the kahakai

 

Sharp rocks on fire

that look like

Siren calls draw us in

 

The Pirate’s Trap

They Bussin’  our hull

Shipwreck

 

It was then I began to sink instead of ’au

The water and its mana

was calling me

Grateful and garish 

Guarding my life until Kanaloa’s

Gates begin to open

 

So I went

off duty

off land

Pau Hana

 

Salt fills my throat 

I knew I could do it

Wop Yo Jaw!

 

As I continue to sink

Water fills me

I breathe in 

And breathe out

Alo ha

 

Geev’um!

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Sumergido  ( Puerto Rico)

Ahora sumergido en el diluvio 

Mis Partes faccionadas
Convertidas  fraccionadas

 

Debajo de la barra

Sepultadas juntamente en el olvido

Se ensamblan

Empiezan a
Entrecruzarse

Creando una matriz de piel cuadriculada

Y como cubos de hielo, el
Agua comienza
A perforar a través de los espacios 

Vacíos

De la vida Ahora hechos huecos

Dejando solo nociones de sonido en el ánima,
Anhelos convertidos
En rastros,
en ecos,

 

de repente 

En el subterráneo

una llamada súbita a la superficie 
Hacía algo en el horizonte.

Hilos deshilachados
Se empiezan a entretejer en el telar

Creando algo completamente nuevo

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Sunrise(Whidbey)

On the horizon

The sun begins to rise  

 

Sour jams of fresh fruit  (Surah Al-Waqi'ah (56:20)

And refreshing digestifs  ( Surah Al-Insan (76:5-6))

Appear on this table shoreside

 

As we take in life: 

Ruh (Surah As-Sajdah (32:9):

We breathe and begin to float as 

Stories of legends bubble up to the surface

 

On correct timing

And place

And destiny

Land Ahoy!

 

Nafas fastening

My breaths get caught up- 

I exhale

I Inhale

La Ilah to illa Allah

 

An Energetic tajdid

A moment of revival

 

Fa-inna al-jannata hiya al-ma'wa (Surah An-Nazi'at (79:41)

Sayonara  (Culebra)

Levantate 

Suddenly I jump up 

Lifted from my seat on this small 

Propeller-plane

 

Vai! 

Displaced parts

With a 

Propensity 

for adventure

 

Sure enough

I rise like clay

And fall   

Like water 

Back into my seat

And towards the mainland

Seeing the shape of Culebra in the distance

 

Snake Gods Guarding me

Past the duat

my

Ka and Ba now binded

 

From high to low tide

I have a 

Semi

Diurnal 

movement 

As I begin to smooth out 

I move from east to west

Counterclockwise on this potter’s wheel of life:

we all are the work of thy hand(Isaiah 64:8)

 

And suddenly

The arid air rises 

And the haze and fog begin to clear

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