Dust motes float on afternoon light
Spine cracks sing like vesper bells
Salt spray kisses whisker tips
Horizon drinks the copper sun
Choir breath rises in my throat
Hymnals memorized by heart
Alto lines climb stone steps
Dawn races the fading dark
Harbor lights blink Morse code prayers
Ferry horns answer low and deep
Bookshop cat walks harbor walls
Night and tide both keep their watch
Paper wings fold into gulls
Ink stains bloom on wave crests white
Dewey decimal marks the shells
Catalogue calls the turning tide
Choir breath rises in my throat
Hymnals memorized by heart
Alto lines climb stone steps
Dawn races the fading dark
Harbor lights blink Morse code prayers
Ferry horns answer low and deep
Bookshop cat walks harbor walls
Night and tide both keep their watch
Mrs. Chen's bell still rings above
Paperback spines align like pews
Organum hums in rigging wires
Counterpoint cuts the salted air
Harbor lights blink Morse code prayers
Ferry horns answer low and deep
Bookshop cat walks harbor walls
Night and tide both keep their watch
Clawed margins mark the navigation
Latitude measured in naps
Longitude counted in purrs
Compass needle finds true north
Harbor lights blink Morse code prayers
Ferry horns answer low and deep
Bookshop cat walks harbor walls
Night and tide both keep their watch
Final chapter writes itself
Stars perforate the bruised sky
Tail wraps round the cooling rail
Amen sung in feline tongue
Harbor lights blink Morse code prayers
Ferry horns answer low and deep
Bookshop cat walks harbor walls
Night and tide both keep their watch
Harbor lights blink Morse code prayers
Ferry horns answer low and deep
Bookshop cat walks harbor walls
Night and tide both keep their watch
Purr harmonics fade to silence
Dawn turns the last page gold