The Ocean Says Yes

The Ocean Says Yes
Fifty miles away, the Pacific Ocean says Yes in a voice so patient it has taken half the night to arrive. Yes is my reply, while cloud fingers, frail and thin, worry the creases in a faded denim sky. The ocean says Yes to drowsy fields sprawling in the sun, Yes to ripened grain, unhurried rivers, graves, and corner stores, Yes to eager children quickly out of bed, to proud mothers loved by honest, tired men, Yes to the clean sheets they together sleep upon in blessed healing hours, Yes to the early morning table laid with dreams by hands that once were young, Yes to last night�s ashtrays and sticky tavern floors, to pool tables and stories told inside heavy, creaking doors, Yes to Sunday baseball games between rivals who are friends, Yes to kisses wet with lemonade and love that never ends, Yes to urgency and bright desire, Yes to moonlit lonely walks, Yes to the trembling hands we hold, Yes to orchard-biting frost, The ocean says Yes to our lazy crimes and songs, Yes to all who listen, Yes to all who long, Yes to the baby�s cry, Yes to the Yes of our reply. *August 15, 2005* Previous Entry Next Entry Return to Songs and Letters About the Author	Also by William Michaelian POETRY Winter Poems ISBN: 978-0-9796599-0-4 52 pages. Paper. �� Another Song I Know ISBN: 978-0-9796599-1-1 80 pages. Paper. �� Cosmopsis Books San Francisco Signed copies available Main Page Author�s Note Background Notebook A Listening Thing Among the Living No Time to Cut My Hair One Hand Clapping Songs and Letters Collected Poems Early Short Stories Armenian Translations Cosmopsis Print Editions Interviews News and Reviews Highly Recommended Let�s Eat Favorite Books & Authors Useless Information Conversation E-mail & Parting Thoughts Flippantly Answered Questions
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