Along the coastline of Washington
        State
I watched my dreams evaporate.
    Atop a boulder, high above the sand,
    The last limpid hope I held grand
Was dissolved into nothingness from
        where
I stood underneath the sun's glare.

All purposefulness and meaning were
        gone,
Only I remained, alone, one.
    I reached for a dim promise from
        the sea,
    But, 'twas an empty-handed sea;
Hence, I left that oceanic commune
To seek newer ground, and fortune.