Grace Nichols The way the red sun surrenders It’s wholeness to curving ocean Bit by bit. The way curving ocean Gives birth to the birth of stars In the growing darkness Wearing everything in its path To cosmic smoothness . The impulse of stones rolling Towards their own roundness. The unexpected comets of flying fish. And, Forest, Great-Breathing-Spirit, Rooting to the very end For the #life of this planet. Grace Nichols