Where the waves roll in
And break on rocky shores
Under the sun’s illuminating grace
I find the rhythm of being
I find the rhythm of being
To a neutrino
The space between the atoms
Seems like the emptiness
Between the stars
I wondered who’d been here
Where had they gone
From where had they come
I followed the footfalls
Until their abrupt ending
Swallowed up by the sea
I don’t need to look very deeply
Or with much intimacy
To know the beauty
Of every living being
Where every thundering wave
Takes me back
Ten thousand years
To a time before industry
To a time before capital
To a time before government
To a time before language
To a time before consciousness
To a time before life
Breathe life into my spirit
Bring warmth into my heart
Displace despair with optimism
Grandiose nature
Makes me feel
Very, very
Small
Depositing, Depositing, Depositing
On mounds and terraces
The beautiful stuff of Earth
Cools, solidifies, colours
And there take in
All that is
Spread out into infinity
There are stars
Beyond blue sky
Uncountable stars
And planets circling
Most of them, and
Some with moons like ours