You tear at me
In subtle ways
With unsubtle effects
In subtle ways
With unsubtle effects
Like the waves
Slowly undermining
A steep rocky shore
Like the waves
Slowly undermining
A steep rocky shore
I remind myself
Look forward
Or risk running aground
I live on a smooth
Round globe
Of rock and water
With just a thin veneer of gas
But I shrug
And think to myself
Life itself
Is a surprise
Which always surprises me
But I recline
Beneath a golden sky
Above a glittering sea
And therein lies
The greatest wealth
I’ll ever need
I miss
The tingling
Resonance
Of your touch
Exquisite beauty
But I prefer the mystery
I came here
Enthralled
Thirty-five years ago
Wide-eyed country boy
Glass and steel
In perfect lines
Rose above
The waters tread by commerce