Märtha Custis-Miranda

W O R D S • I D E A S : M Ä R T H A C U S T I S - M I R A N D A

Water Memory

There is something about water life and death combined within the sliver arches of meaning.

As a child the sea amazed me I dreamt of living in its depths unknown to land, a friend to fish.

Years later I walked along the strand where my ancestors set sail to conquer England, and remembered.

They failed, but left a legacy A people who came from their blood.

Raised up like a phoenix from the faded hopes and struggles of a buoyant seafaring race.

Märtha Custis-Miranda is an American immigrant poet and writer living in Seia, Portugal. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Kingston University, London.