ripples

where do ripples come from

i wonder

these little 

escalating things 

perhaps they come from

the speed boat 

a few paces out 

sharp short

and jagged 

or maybe 

a cargo ship

some many miles away 

a steady building 

boom

making its way to shore

flooding tide pools 

crashing against cliffs

maybe it’s a shark

the remnants of a hunt

could be 

the breach of a whale

long lived reunited

over long lives

or the dancing dolphins 

blowing bubbles 

in the sand

and surfing 

through the ripples

as they become waves