ED HECKERMAN

WATERSHED EDGE (a selection)

Places in California where water enters the ocean

Without A Thought

The ocean is an amazing being

Amazing and humble

She opens her arms

To the bad with the good

As it is

Her rage is merely a display

Her depth is quiet and calm

She accepts all the world's floating gifts

Both pure and poison

Absorbs them

Lifts them

Carries them

To the sky

Never asking to be treated special

Never seeking or rejecting sugar -

Content with her salt

Strange the sad mess we are making of her

So avoidable

So disrespectful to ourselves

To our children