Water

dude, we are so looking at this poem from different parts of our brain!.......that said, I absolutely appreciate any and all observations/suggestions/comments anyone cares to make about my writing......and I see what you are getting at......punctuation can greatly change [but also sometimes restrict] the meaning of a poem, so oftentimes I take the risk of using no punctuation to intentionally leave more ambiguity within the words......and the one long run-on thought/sentence was meant to allow freedom of interpretation.......though I'm not making a claim for how successful [or not!] I believe it is in this poem, I would like to be able to improve upon and use this technique, as I've read many other poems that use it well.....I have made some changes [got rid of tidal current] and will continue to do so, but will still resist using punctuation in this instance.......[sorry leanne!].......and THANK YOU for your insight......Kat