Time, Like Crashing Waves

Time Like Crashing Waves Time, like waves crashing on a smooth-faced sand, Leaves imbedded ripples on shores of memory And drop-offs marked with steep undertow warnings In foamy filigrees etched on recollection Of abandoned shells searching for lost pearls Rogue of ever rolling thunder reveals A pulsing tide of perpetual motion A seething thrust in ebb and flow unstoppable The hidden undercurrent of volcanic change From dawn to dusk and through midnight Rolling breakers storm the beachhead In gyrating riptides rhyme and rhythm In white caps dripping with sweet juices To expose beauty hidden in the shallows Veiled beneath blistered wild gales Spindrift masks forgotten sandcastles As flowing swells returns dreams To the impatient pounding waves of decades Elusive in the mists of unrelenting surges Sinking into whirlpools, forgotten in new tides. 8-12-22 Contest: Simile Sponsor: Hilo Poet