Scott Hughes
Anniversary
Today, on what would have been
our seventeenth anniversary,
I am instead alone, waist-deep
in the Atlantic, burying my feet
in sand like wet cement and leaning
toward the empty beach to steady
myself against the pull
of a wave building behind me,
and I wonder why I’m resisting
the ocean’s desire to carry me
farther out until the land
and everything I know
is too far away to see.
Scott Hughes has two books coming out, so check his website: www.writescott.com