An Autumn Swim in the West

Step down from the town
to the seaweed-quenched frontier
where amber fronds dance in the frothy shallows.

Touch the waves and at once
touch all the oceans.
The footprints in the sand fill

with this salty world as the surf
swiftly swirls towards
the doorsteps of the town.

Walk into the waves and swim.
Alone in the water, free
as the town fades into the dusk.