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 former Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo County, was the co-founder/curator of the annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival. His books include "First Sight," "The Space Between Things," "UNIMPAIRED," and a number of chapbooks. His poems have appeared 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 was co-editor of "Corners of the Mouth: A Celebration of Thirty Years at the Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival."