Ignorance

A poem inspired by my reading of the great Scottish poet Norman MacCaig 

Ignorance

I remember standing quietly on winter rocks

looking out to the Pacific,

a child

in El Salvador

near La Libertad, the port of liberty,

where I was had sandy beaches in summer

but winter brought a stretch of rocks

and silence,

Standing there

that morning, watching birds  

I couldn't name

playing and diving

Into the blue playground

I smiled at my ignorance.