In the spring-time it flitted
across the bay
In form it was delicate
shimmering in the strengthening sun

Through the long days of summer
it lay restful and content
A perfect partner to the sand
in vast, oceanic majesty

Autumn brought its trials
darkness descending as the wind rose
Yet it met the challenge
returning to the fray

Then the storms of winter
overcame it with life
It drowned among its own
though its memory remains.