The advocate

...a poem about the healing I didn't know I needed

Photo by Samuel Wölfl

I meet a man at a summit for ocean advocacy
and we talk about the work we do
and the difference it does or doesn’t make.

He tells me he’s a storyteller, 
sharing myths and legends, 
and so, I feel safe to tell him about the poems;  

to tell him that I’ve let go of the work I used to do  
–tangible, practical work that did or didn’…