looking down
at the grains of
sand
encrusted upon
my tide washed feet
i pause to ponder
how much older,
and far better traveled
these tiny chips of calcified
life and mountain grit must be...
now i have been to
many places....
L.A. Paris, London,
Dunedin, Melbourne
Hong Kong, Mooloolaba
to name but a few...
but these little bits of
seadust,
have lived lives
and lost,
have travelled
to and fro....
becoming ever...
smaller as they went....
shedding of themselves
to the greater entity.
becoming
one speck among......
bazillions
taken beyond their lives
of solidity by swirling
currents
only to end up as sand
upon my toes.
Oct 10, 2014
Oct 10, 2014 at 7:02 AM UTC
looking down
at the grains of
sand
encrusted upon
my tide washed feet
i pause to ponder
how much older,
and far better traveled
these tiny chips of calcified
life and mountain grit must be...
now i have been to
many places....
L.A. Paris, London,
Dunedin, Melbourne
Hong Kong, Mooloolaba
to name but a few...
but these little bits of
seadust,
have lived lives
and lost,
have travelled
to and fro....
becoming ever...
smaller as they went....
shedding of themselves
to the greater entity.
becoming
one speck among......
bazillions
taken beyond their lives
of solidity by swirling
currents
only to end up as sand
upon my toes.
big thoughts for a friday night...
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