Volcano

Do you think a volcano

feels seasick,

when it worries

that the water

has fallen

out of love with it?

Like we do,

when the touch of the

tides

we are used to

seem to be

ebbing

further away?

It certainly

gets that unbearable burning

in the middle of its chest –

why else would it erupt?

Clearly, at least,

it cries,

otherwise the water would not be

so salty,

or – in fact

– so deep.

Water wears rocks away,

and moves away from rocks.

And the volcano?

With its sickness

and its burn:

clearly it cries,

like we do.