
“Breaker Wave” by Michael Lanka
they churn in the breakers
those pieces of me
that struggled the seas
from the Mediterraneum
pulled to this promising shore
madly tumbling truths
of identity scrabble
to find one another
rebuild themselves into
this newly flagged patriot
proud born and reborn of eagles
who guard great republics
on both ends of
history’s ocean
(originally posted October 2013)