Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Steadfast” by: rob kistner © 5/23/24
From my spring vantage
at cliff’s edge
overlooking the mighty pacific
I behold a natural marvel
the annual northern migration
of a large pod
of majestic grey whales
adults and recent born
as they pass
the rugged cliff regions
of the breathtaking
upper oregon coast
they are on their way
north to alaska
where they will summer
raising their young
in the autumn
these beautiful behemoths
will pass here once more
on their way south
to their spawning lagoons
of baja california/mexico
these are sacred processions
as these giants
make their graceful way
slow and steady
as their inner clock
dictates these seasonal pilgrimages
as it has over 10 million years
from my lofty perch
I catch sight
of another ocean titan
as roaring in
the chest of a huge wave
slams a massive boulder
the great stone rocks back
undetectably
with a deep thud
more felt than heard
it bumps solid
against the base of the cliff
to which it crowds
and upon which I stand
in deep reverence
the awestruck sentinel
as the spent wave recedes
the hulking mass below
settles once again
immovable as bedrock
defying the next swell
and the next
and the next
but the sea
like that pod of greys
is steady and patient
this steadfast giant
in the ebb and flow of time
will acquiesce
becoming the grains of sand
upon which it now rests
here it will bear witness
for hundreds of thousands of years
as mighty grey whales
continue their amazing migrations
sustaining their cycle of life
Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Grey Breaching Oregon Coast”
by: rob kistner © 5/24/24
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