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Cynthia Sharpe, a former North Carolina Sea Grant communications intern, graduated with a degree in English from North Carolina State University this spring.<\/em><\/p>\n

I find peace at the river
At the close of the day
Where problems still exist,
but troubles wash away.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have to wade in it.
It wades in me.
Peering out over the water,
Assuredly,
I am free.<\/p>\n

Waves slosh against the pillars.
I peer down and grip tight.
It rocks me. It sways me.
But it feels…
It feels right.<\/p>\n

The gulls have gone to rest.
The boating and fishing stopped.
It is me, the sky, and the water
as I stand on the edge of the dock.<\/p>\n

This poem was published in the Summer 2015<\/a> issue of Coastwatch.<\/em><\/p>\n

For contact information and reprint requests, visit ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/contact\/<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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