Poem: Pearl Diver

Asleep in my arms, I know you well.


Pearl Diver

In sleep
    you stop breathing
    in my arms,
    a sounding whale,
    a pearl-diver
    edging ever deeper

Until you break again
    to this closer world,
    with a long breath,
    shattering the surface
    of your dream
Poetry Collection: Corner of My Mind
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Jim Freeman's
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CORNER OF MY MIND
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