You know
the name
by which I
call myself
but not the name
I call you by

YOU ARE READING
Albeit flawed,
PoetryI was basking under the sun-the waves muffle the sound of my breathing; and I bury myself with cautionary confidence in the sand and with it the memory of your four faces. How can something lethal be life-restorative?
sixty-one
You know
the name
by which I
call myself
but not the name
I call you by