A Day By the Sea In the Rain
Futami Okitama jinja & Ise Jingu Geku, Mie Prefecture Japan
3 min readJan 21, 2024
Decided in the morning that I’d go
What I’d find I couldn’t know on the other
Side of the peninsula;
A memory of waves in Ise,
My heart open on the train
Writing of my past.
On the coast I met a friend
Excited by emerald stones
And words like cleansing;
We saw a couple of ducks,
She said ducks are never alone.
I thought, damn straight.
Soul alive black rocks
Soft puddles splashed by
Slow steps
Revived by the sea.
