Thanksgiving Sonnet

1.   I pitch gratitude into the waves, a life vest

2.   Happy for this, thankful for that.

3.     So, so lucky I am

4.     Swimming one stroke ahead of the beast

5.       I read recently that our DNA remembers our grandmothers’ traumas

6.     So, I have to carry their sorrow too?

7.     Not thankful for that

8.   Weighing me down

9.      I savor each salty moment now

10.  Anticipating a time when luckier vignettes will keep me company

11.  When the earth is on fire. Or drowned

12.  Prey to other species hunting me down like the assassin I am

13. Thankful for interlude, thank you thank you thank you

14.  Do you think they noticed me?