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and so it goes

and so it goes

like waves

                     one

                             after

                                       another

if you know waves

(and I've known a few)

you know

they start to become a wave

[or what we (or should I say I) call a wave;

who knows what they call themselves;

if in fact, they do

call themselves anything.  

but  I am drifting now.]

hundreds of miles from

shore.

 

all of that power

all of that motion

all of that water

[which, by the way, is all

different water.  

do you see?  

a wave is not just

one wave

but rather a series of

continuing associations.

do you see?]

 

it all comes (or goes) toward

a beach it has never seen.

it (they) roll head (crest) long on.

on to meet its (their)

never seen sandy lover

and at the end

there is that final

powerful embrace.

and with the act consummated,

the power is now all of ours

it is free

thrown to a breeze

blowing untamed over the land

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Written by
mark-grover
Published
Aug 30, 2021
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found in an old notebook. Needs work but is a start. Feedback welcome

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