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DAUGHTER
by Aeronwy Thomas
Curled like a starfish
my daughter bites her own tail.
Brought in by breakers
she rests on a sandbank.
I watch her breathe
awash in sleep.
The moon lights
her watery face.
Stranded in dreams
she smiles in sleep.
I paddle in the shallows
fall and swirl
in the eddies of her hair
moonlit and fantastic
gathering strength
for the turn of tide.
In the early morning
I’ll leave her
curled in froth.
From Burning Bridges (Cross-Cultural Communications, 2008).