Java Sea

A poem about the Java Sea. Inspired by the poets and poetry of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2018.

you’re destined to be a wave
but for now
you’re the Java Sea
bluish-grey

translucent
choppy
or calm
you rely upon the wind

and when you swirl
like curled chocolate on a cake
it’s time

you go
speed up
charge
to the shore
that glistens in the sun
fast
faster
crash upon the sand

white foam
hisses
then dissolves

people
love you
or hate you

it depends
whether you dump them
or carry them along

you’re a wave

it’s

what you’re meant to be