The Sand Hill Review               http://www.sandhillreview.org 2008

Starfish

A wise man once told me that throwing starfish back into

   the sea

One at a time, was making a difference in this world

Maybe not to the baker, biker, or love-maker,

But at least to that one starfish – profoundly so – letting go

Releasing those crustaceans back out to life

If only to do the same with those old lovers – letting go

Where they crowd the shore now – one by one

This one loves me far too much and that one not enough

One by one – flinging them out to sea to save them

Until the sun no longer wants to shine

And I carry on down through the sand

Over and around those starfish that remain

So as not to step on and break any more

Allegra Hunt