The Surface

Something changes abruptly

On continuous likeness,

As a calm darkens among

Water lights. To the one side

Of the shield, when there’s no wind,

Only air. To the other,

Only water. A surface

Being a name for where waves

Interfere with each other.

Here we go. Let yourself float

Over these lines surfacing

Between a small collection

Of watery notions and

Clouded hemispheres of air.