Sand

The ocean is so beautiful, so wild and untamed.
With power and a majesty that never can be named.
We get lost in its rhythms, we’re pulled down into its depths,
Imagine we can hear the song, the tears Atlantis wept.
Then wake up to the life that’s ours, embarrassingly bland.
Just for a moment we forget we’re still standing on just sand.

We fool ourselves if we believe we’re greater than we are.
To think that we might fly away and pocket our own star.
Our lives are brief, though beautiful, as anyone can see.
From dust to dust we long for life, yearn for eternity.
And the years roll ever on indifferent to our demands
As for a moment we forget we’re still standing on just sand.

How it shifts beneath our feet with the waves and with the wind.
And if you think, you must agree that’s just how it has always been…

Though we seek a firm foundation, something solid as a stone,
We still long for mystery and set off into the unknown.
And though we sail across the ocean and we journey through the stars,
We must remember where we come from and hold fast to who we are.
We might believe we’re safe but there’s much we don’t understand
When for a moment we forget we’re still standing on just sand.

Are we no different than we were when our history began?
For just a moment we forget we’re still standing on just sand.

Copyright © Stephen Tefft | Year Posted 2025

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