But friendship has its limits
The Earth has only so much to offer
So it’s time to be a better friend
Give something back in return
The wave peters out
Just before it reaches me
Its last energy spent
As bubbling foam dissipates
My muscles relax
Tension leaves my body
While the ocean recedes
Back down the beach
I turn over the paper again
Check the wording again
The test was negative
The test was negative
I’m going to live
Another wave comes
Stronger than the last
Soaking just one shoe
Which makes a delightful squish
As I stride back up to the house
Good tidings in hand
Many days
When I had nowhere to go
And all day to get there
Now I seem to be
Everywhere at once
But nowhere at all
All the time
But my heart
Remains strong
My spirit
Undiminished
So I
Unrelenting
Resist time
Live today
Work toward
Tomorrow
And I wonder at you and I
With all that space
We put between us
And still
We just can’t
Get along
I wonder at the lives
Lived in the glow
Which to me
Seems just a dot
Reflected
Off a still sea
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