The Vein Neritic 

The tides move in, clockwise

                                    Up

            Running rightside

Omens of still moon’s silent

                                    Wax

            Tugging water

Somnambulant, basking pillars

                                    Drenched

             Kelp ladders stack

Hangs at noon, dangles

                                    Slack;

            Fools see stasis 

The tide falls out, counterclockwise

                                    Down

            Memory drain

Pools marooned, evaporate

                                    Under              

            Slumped silva

Exposed hectares of fecund 

                                    Flesh

            Wetland deserted

Passages through shadows

                                    Shaded

            Lost and found