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The Shores

I stand at the sandy shores

Watching eternity lap at my feet

Wanting with my whole heart

To take this final leap


To let the waves carry me

—Onward, forever—

Instead of simply letting

Eternity tickle my toes

At the mercy of a tide

That ebbs and flows

To finally press my lips

To those of the horizon

Instead of simply glimpsing

With open-mouthed awe

The closing of a distance

That I cannot yet cross

To reach out and touch the Sun

Always and forever

Instead of simply basking

In sunlight that will fade

At the mercy of a night

Whose shadows still pervade

I long for this union

Once and for all

I’m on the edge of the ocean

But there’s another call:


Though I desire forever

And though it is now

There is a not yet

That keeps me aground

Because there are people to love

And hands to hold

And tears to wipe

When the sand grows cold

And laughter to cherish

And sandy feet to wash

And sleepy eyes to open

To the sight of it all:


To the vastness of the horizon

Beyond these very sandy shores

Where the embrace of the ocean

Holds us

—Onward, together—

In the eternity of more


The shores of the Pacific Viña del Mar, Chile, Spring 2019




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