I recite You

My words drip with the wounds of our love
a child sobs on the seashore
with a snapped cord

my vessel sinks
in the marine massiveness of your memories
between what you are to me and what you are
breaks me
despite your spurns
i brush the speckled moments
and bear many slights

I recite you
in a dingy corner of the world.
                     --- Santhosh Kana
(M)