The sea's return

It’s not to say that the story won’t unfold

according to the dictates of everybody’s soul

and so with heart longing the sea returns

to nudge and goad an awakening

of the so intractable shore.

How patient the sea with her come and go

ever waiting and listening intently

for her name to be called three times

but silence greets her every move.

There will come a time of total withdrawal

but she can’t hold back for ever

and all of the love and agony

will crash back onto the shore.

“Run!” she whispers, shouts, and roars

but the shore in ignorance unmindful

of the consequences

merely looks the other way .

But don’t look at man and his abode

for according to soul dictates

not ever can any transitory “thing”

offer a safe refuge.

Beware, oh, beware, sea’s return

after her total withdrawal

but she offers, of course, a time of grace

for the shore to remain as before.

Time is uncertain and nobody knows

when chaos will reign from peace!