'Every Time I see the Sea' by Anna Hoghton

Every time I see the sea,

I am taken back to all the times

I saw the sea before.

The deep blue

Soothes, washes away

Petty thought

Releases, purifies, cleans

Never refuses to hold

or baptize me,

a reminder

to let

go,

to place trust

in things

That cannot be fully known

I see,

as

I float,

That all spaces

between

bodies

are

just

sea

Deep, dark and free

Slippery boundaries

that separate

you’s

from

me’s.

- Anna Hoghton is an award-winning poet, film-maker and writer.