Sea Urchin Poem by Sergio Savioli

sea urchin

island sea urchin

urchin that's a little purple

urchin that's a little grey

urchin so perfect

so matchless

so elusive no one can possess

it pops up in the deep turquoise blue

of my mind where I grasp it

but only briefly

it disappears inexorably

in that constantly lapping current of waves

that cradles my all too real dreams

leaving me dazed like a seagull

hit by gusts of wind crying his dismay...

until I realise that maybe after all

I am really just a stone on the sea bed