The setting sun

Over the desert a sight
Oasis rises and I
Remember the ocean
How a vessel approaches
A dock
I would come
Into you like a squirrel
Up a tree

Fisherman axed our joint souls
Like a bobbit worm they
Disperse into hundreds and
Fly a flag
A thousand aching colours

Keko Prijatelj is a writer from Croatia. His work has been published in Abridged, Cephalopress, ExPat Press, Green Ink Poetry, Misery Tourism, and elsewhere. Keko is currently majoring in linguistics and phonetics, and he has a bachelor's degree in film & TV directing.

Photo by hnt6581 (Flickr).