In an Airbnb on Alki Beach in West Seattle,
I watched myself surrender to my re-forming
from scattered pieces of love
conflicting with love.
I watched my heart,
a nautilus shell,
coming in to go back out.
In the morning breeze
a tease of hair glanced one side of my face.
Delighted, I saw myself smile,
begin to soften to that gentle touch.
All the fish in the sea
are no more able to feel the water
than I was to feel my naked skin.
From the beach, I watched distant
blue-gray watercolor clouds
reorganize into snow-bright
peaks and jagged shadows.
The Olympics, as visible as day.
Look, oh look!
Parting the curtain, there’s the full moon
splashing like milk across my face!
A steady heartbeat of
more more more more.
In an Airbnb by Kathy Whitham | Sandalwood Rose Poetry Reed Diffuser
Kathy Whitham, an active member of the Boston, MA writing community and a Parenting Coach for non-traditional families, gives voice to human connection in its myriad forms. For bedtime stories, her dad explained atoms, ESP, and poetry. Kathy’s work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including: “what the poem knows, A tribute to Barbara Helfgott Hyett”, “Alchemy and Miracles: nature woven into words”, “Thriving: An Anthology”, “The Love Book”, and “Blue Heron Review”, where this poem appears.
