starfish-

written and erased

hundreds of words forgotten

the oceans tide beats on my back

laid out on the sun the kids called me a starfish

i have written lines in the sand

so they exist for a moment

a poem or a song i carry with me

now surfing on the waves- free

i can see them smiling

i have kept them in cages with no windows for years

i needed to take them out for a walk

before work in the morning