Koko (枯高) (Japanese) weathered beauty, austere sublimity.
What is more weather, more beautiful
than the ocean
and everything it touches;
driftwood, sand, stone, beachglass
tumbled till their sharp edges
are smooth
till their color is worn
to the hues
of distant waters, distant
shores
the ones you dream of
the ones I see
when you wake
in the color
of your eyes.
jks