Maybe Five Thousand Years Ago This Spot
by Michael F Simon

Maybe five thousand years ago this spot was underwater. Maybe
this rock was liquid twenty-five million years ago. The sands
on the beach outnumber the sands in the hourglass of time.
I could easily stand on one foot long enough to say what I know.

Still to look about leads to praising gravity and light.
To notice how the usual suspects form earth
in both the instant and the eon, is gratitude.

One day, nothing, not church, not science, not family,
will knit the seen and the unseen. When this happens,
the wind and the tide will snatch you.
Calling your name might pull you back.

everything changes
just be one life on the sand
no need to worry



 

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