imminent break
Photograph by Natalie Anderson
By Natalie Anderson
Old Poem
Tender as fruit bud fuzz
late one long evening,
as coyote’s howl wooed off the cat’s meow
the ocean churned
tumultuous
behind a sea of smiles.
And Into Existence
To humble and mend
I would reach you by the
bend
Laying down a hand
to form a bridge
over this stream,
once a marsh—
dammed out of stillness.
Sutro Baths
Like waterbird landing
breaking through solvent surface,
we ease back into our element
with eyes gratitude-glazed
by time laid out fading.
We sense the depths of the waters holding our weight
as we bask in heliocentric circuitry
and drink freely
from the well.
Natalie Anderson is an environmentalist, agro-ecologist, musician, and writer. She completed a degree in Environmental Studies and Agroecology at UC Santa Cruz. Natalie has much respect for the creative minds around her, inspiring the launch of the Baram House with her friend Yoojin.
