The Sound Is Full Tonight Poem by Allan Hayes

The Puget Sound is full this night,
Deep breath of water at the shelves brim
Pulling clear water from the Pacific
Tides breathing in constant rhythm
Filling the smallest channels and tubes
On mainland and islands in the San Juans

Clear saline heart's blood of our world
The patient filling and emptying brings life
The weather flows with magic in response
Calm blinding fog, clouds and sun dance
Bright shades of bluish greys and deep dark rain
Wispy tendrils in the distance falling misty tones

This planet dance awakens the deep-set heart's feel
Thoughts flow, these natural changes are thoughts
Deeper, unbounded when entered openly in
The full presence of the only real sublime
Without judgment because there can be none
in the presence of what is real