Shifting Sands Beyond
the Sea
Ephemeral waters leave
their footprints
upon the eternal shore –
the final outpost of the land.
And man looks for patterns
in Nature’s chaos.
There he sees his life,
or so it seems, amid the serpent-like traces,
following their altered state –
their course back to sea.
Here and there, an avian
observer
catches a glimpse of his thoughts –
the last remaining friend of green.
He wonders how long it
lasts in time again.
Allegiance is there,
time, the destroyer and healer, creates a space
for the man, who is not beyond
its call or its song.
Once again, the
battlements of man
are crumbling,
yet the spirit lives on,
asking only to be recognised
and known again.
April 1993
© Andrew Williams 1993