Twas evening, when the fishermen sail,
the sun shifting to shine on other seas,
Faintly glowing the far off stars
herald the approaching night.
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the light slowly recedes from the shore,
as somewhere a wise owl calls from
a wooded glade, where rested roosting
birds ready to wake the dawn.
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The silken skin of the placid sea
moves in time to a hidden melody
while slowly a sliver of gold rises
silvering the darkling sky.
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Nearby human quieten, homes darken
and the moon bright sea shimmers.
and within the ripples dancing is
blue phosphorus blooming.
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A sole person communes from the shore,
lost in Neptune’s glorious palette,
he meditates on the swell’s rise
and fall, the salt in his tears.
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and the sea watching the lone figure,
hears his eternal heart’s brokenness,
and in its wisdom contemplates the
mystery of human mortality.