sea:shore by Evan Guilford-Blake
... In the childhood of time, they lived their separate lives, the sea, damp and cool, and the land, dry and warm; and they loved each other in silence. And once, in the moonlight, the sea cradled the waves, and rocked them gently to shore, whispering: “There are secrets”; and the shore replied: I know them all. Thus the night passed; and in the morning’s light the shore held to its breast the risen tide and said to it “You may go; but always, always, you must take me with you, and we shall, in time, become as the day and the night, forever changing, forever becoming one.” Thus, by the sun, did the tide go out, carrying with it grains of sand, and laid them, softly, to rest (as lovers shall) beneath its rising and falling; by the moon, the tide returned to caress again the shore’s sweeping body and, lapping gently, drew to its coolness the warmth of the heated land; until, at last, time became old and the sea and the shore became one.
Evan Guilford-Blake writes poetry, prose and plays for adults and children. His work has appeared in some 45 print and online journals, and several anthologies, winning 21 awards. He has pieces in forthcoming issues of Dink Mag and RAPoetics, and the Haiku anthology Centipede. Noir(ish), his first novel, was published by Penguin. Holland House recently issued his short story collection American Blues. His plays have been produced internationally. Thirty-one are published. He and his wife (and inspiration) Roxanna, a healthcare writer and jewelry designer, live in the southeastern US.
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