Roaring in
the chest of the wave
slams the massive boulder
the great stone rocks back
undetectably
with a deep thud
more felt than heard
it bumps solid
against smaller boulders
to which it crowds
as the spent wave recedes
the hulking mass settles again
immovable as bedrock
defying the next swell
and the next
and the next
each time it rocks back
with a subtle thud
and the sea is patient
in the ebb and flow of time
this steadfast giant
and its lesser neighbors
will reluctantly
imperceptibly
acquiesce
to become the grains
of ocean floor
upon which they now rest
*
rob kistner © 2022
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And sea is indeed patient, and will outlast us all. Love that quote by Confucious.
It rests at the heart of my approach to life these days… 🙂
Gorgeous.
Thanks Shawna! 🙂
As ever, Mother Nature has infinitely more patience than her children, on a time frame we cannot even fathom. Perhaps this is the deeper wisdom than that our minuscule and frenetic life spans elicit.
I agree wholeheartedly Anna… 🙂
“will reluctantly
imperceptibly
acquiesce
to become the grains
of ocean floor
upon which they now rest”
….simply WOW!
Thank you Ron!
Oh yes. The relentlessness.
Persistance with a capital “P”.
Lovely, bang on. Thus the formation of sea stacks. Your quote is so Zen, so subtle. Unfortunately, we have filled the ocean with plastics, choking and battering it.
Thanks Glenn! We gotta do so much better taking care of our home! 🙂
Well expressed. I enjoyed these lines the most,
“as the spent wave recedes
the hulking mass settles again
immovable as bedrock
defying the next swell”
Thank you! 🙂
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The patience of sea is being sorely tested! Well said, Rob.
Thank you Punam