chagall backdrop

I write this one in the sand
because there’s no napkin handy
and it’d blow away anyway
here alive on the shore

etched with a pointer-like
driftwood sliver
easier than embossing
through molded mounds

at the tip of the wash
of surf roll
the message is scraggly
but clear

I LOVE YOU MORE THAN THE OCEANS ARE DEEP ____________________________________

(that long line’s me
walking away,
dragging my new-found stylus)

© Carlos Chagall, 2013