There are ocean solitudes I seek on shore,
eternal whisperings, the smallest shell-
in fathomed longing for a quiet roar
that laps into the deep and sandy core
retelling shadowy secrets of the swell.
There are ocean solitudes I seek on shore.
A cloying melody I’ve heard before
resounds within each rippling wave, time’s bell-
in fathomed longing for a quiet roar.
Of temper, calm or tempest at my door
where always desire and mystery dwell,
there are ocean solitudes I seek on shore.
The listless chime of waves, divine and more
rise audible from earth’s enduring well,
in fathomed longing for the quiet roar.
I listen. There’s a surge yet to explore.
The unrelenting pulsing tide shall spell
there are ocean solitudes I seek on shore
in fathomed longing for a quiet roar.
