Song of Mortality
A song of mortality
Begins somewhere distant near the horizon
With the immensity of the sea
A rhythmic rolling in time to a sound from her depths
As it has always been and always will be
A continuous voicing of wind and water
Singing and longing of forever
From where we once came so we recognize her lament
She heaves in and out
Count out the seconds between her rages
A descending trough and rising crest
With each an increase in strength and volume
She swells and gathers momentum and increases her tempo
Her dark mouth opens and stretches to take us in
As she arrives in a collapsing fall to embrace the shore.
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