when roiling seas throw waves too tall
encroaching on the land
to rise and clash outside that wall
unfaltering you stand
upon a sturdy fortress built
to last through ages gone
but water knows not grudge nor guilt
in time it must move on
no monument shall yet outlive
those forces of the deep
to shut them off - what would i give
such turmoil do they reap
left writhing, drowning, cold and weak
alone in all but name
the words i must not ever speak
i pray them all the same
their push and pull become a theme
in vain i still implore
because i want, i have to scream
what is it even for
and yet - i see how unfulfilled
it's written in your eyes
consumed by yearning never stilled
you, too, look to the skies
(2023)
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