Island Man (for a Caribbean island man in London
by Grace Nichols
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Morning
an island man wakes up
to the sound of blue surf
in his head
the steady breaking and wombing
wild seabirds
and fishermen pushing out to sea
the sun surfacing defiantly
from the east
of his small emerald island
of his small emerald island
He always comes back
groggily groggily
comes back to sands
of a grey metallic soar
to a surge of wheels
to dull North Circular roar
muffling muffling
his crumpled pillow waves
island man heaves himself
another London day.
another London day.
i like to wake up in a beach . because i like the sound of the beach and it's make me relaxing and it make the body relaxing too .
i wish to live in an island , because if i live there it will be more quiet than the city.
