Who Watches Over You

by Lorna Crozier

Wolves

Water

Dividing Lines

Who Watches Over You

Sea lions gather above you,
as nosey and dispassionate as angels
who catch sight of your tasks
small and far below
before they soar to a place more troubling
than where you are, at least for now.

Underwater, angels don’t need feathers;
they don’t need choirs or saints.
The sea lions, too, get by without them.

Ocean-thick, minus legs and wings,
they dive, climb, and wheel around you
as if, indeed, they are your keepers,
so close their whiskers graze your face.