Friendless wet winter!
May your salted air
swallow me whole
as your relentless ocean
and jewel blue sky
meld into one body of resilience!
I am reborn in your solitude
on this unpeopled beach
as the seagulls defy gravity
and your waves furl and unfurl
leaving the faceless crowds
of summer far behind.
I’m alive!
I’m alive!
I’m alive!
That’s all that matters!
The last man
Nod to Mary Shelley
