Missed Connections in Oahu
Coeur à la dérive (To Sea)
The greatest losses lay in forever
and grow stronger in echoes of silence
in plain sight as if a reminder
beyond reach but so real
the moon never answers in her brilliance
she’ll watch you cry just the same
Her Two Cents
A heart adrift is lost to the sea; a shimmering, vast expanse filled with mermaids, sea dragons, and monstrous fish waiting to rise from their shadowy depths and devour you whole. Or so the old maps told us. Not everyone believed what those ancient pieces of parchment had to say, and in the end the only real losers were the seals, whales, and tuna.