SEASCAPES (dedicated to Maestro Alexey Shor after listening to his SEASCAPES)

Where the heart
will feel no more pain
as its tears merge
with the tides of the sea
and all land is left behind
in that emerald mystery

where no dust
will pollute nor
human voice suffocate
in that cleansing
is the death of sorrow
and life is set free

rise, oh rise
you sanctifying sea
come, oh come
sing to me
let me dwell
in your *****
lift, oh lift me
let me, let me die
in your wondrous beauty

midnight, no moon tonight
darkness shrouds the lighthouse
long abandoned
crumbled into unrecorded history

in the chronicle of time
all dreams and hopes
go to sleep, where even love
claims no longer
its once splendoured memory
farewell, oh farewell then
each life is but a sail
frail, wind-battered, lonely

mark, oh mark
a storm is gathering
sombre is the sky
lightning flashes
but there's no wailing
nothing will ever rob
the sea of its eternal
tranquillity

the seasons will revisit
each bearing a new hope
promise and a story
of man's search and endeavour
summer hails in bright sunshine
the sea will sing new songs again
as it follows its silent course
into its predestined unblemished eternity

12.30 pm, Thursday 18th June, Melb, Australia