Ecastatic in Blue #5

by Darren Demaree

Or torn
by the moon
to keep pace

with the tide,
the trimness
of the long ride

home. Shudder
& rattle,
the wrong way

was to swallow
the salt, to dip
the lighter

into the waves
& still expect
real fire.

Darren C. Demaree is living in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife and daughter. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Meridian, Grain, The South Carolina Review, The Tribeca Review, and Whiskey Island. He is the recipient of two Pushcart Prize nominations.