There is something big as the sky inside you
A blue cloudless sky
An ocean inside you
Have you heard it move
Along the lines of your eyes
Felt it run the heart’s valley
Crest its snowy peaks
Have you dreamed inside your waking
That sound so silent
You know you’re not alone
There is something big as the sky inside you
A blue cloudless sky, an ocean
Inside you are the dreams
I look for in my waking
Inside you I know
I will meet myself
Kevin Patrick Sullivan, a Poet Laureate Emeritus of San Luis Obispo, is the co-founder/curator of the annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival since 1984. His books include First Sight, The Space Between Things, UNIMPAIRED, and a number of chapbooks. His poems are in Solo, Hummingbird, Askew, Lummox, Miramar, and Spillway among other journals and anthologies. He co-founded and for 35 years ran Corners of the Mouth at Linnaea’s Café, a monthly event featuring poets and open readings. He is co-editor of Corners of the Mouth: A Celebration of Thirty Years at the Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival.