Transfixed by the tumbling
Flecks of pulverized shell
Riding gentle wavelets
On a wide, shallow beach
Flecks of pulverized shell
Riding gentle wavelets
On a wide, shallow beach
Heavier than water
Lighter than sand
Carried by forces
Greater than they
Then coming to rest
Wherever they may
But only for a very
Very short stay
Transfixed by the patterns
Created seemingly at random
By tens of thousands of flecks
Each alike but all different
Then all in a moment
I watch the grand sweep of history
The paths of billions of humans
Play out in one wave
Because for that moment
I imagined, how would it be
Were I a small shard of shell
Tossed about by the sea
Sea, sand and shell
Chesterman Beach
Tofino
British Columbia, Canada
Chesterman Beach
Tofino
British Columbia, Canada
Taken during travels, 2015
April is National Poetry Month and I am participating in the National Poetry Writing Month challenge (NaPoWriMo) — 30 poems in 30 days. Though, I’ll no doubt write more than 30. 😉 All the poetry I write this month can be found here.
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