The waters 
are completely still
the gnats and helicopter flies, dance 
undisturbed 
on the surface of this 
our once violent sea. 

I remember 
how the undertoe flung us against the rocks of shore
It rained so hard 
we could not find each other... when parted

Now, it is all... So sky blue, clear
Nothing moves  
I wonder
remembering... the absoluteness of love
if this is not the eye of the hurricane
but I am afraid... it is not.

My vision has faded 
my hearing once more impaired
my body grows full and round
    the bones of angst covered over.
My heart beats in steady if tired time
    and my footfalls and judgements have no heros.

All extra sensory perceptions have vanished.
I am what I did not believe I could become
A Woman 
floating on an utterly silent sea.