Wishing Leaves

    The Waves

    2016

    The waves, the waves are rolling in
    Rolling in, building and breaking
    Rolling in, swelling and swaying
    Like an endless dance of to and fro
    An endless march of letting go

    The sea, the sea is restless still
    Restless still, foaming and frothing
    Restless still, tugging and teasing
    Like an endless rhyme of ebb and flow
    An endless ode of undertow

    The waves, the waves in endless dance
    An endless dance of letting go
    An endless rhyme of undertow
    Like a swaying march of to and fro
    A teasing ode of ebb and flow

    The surf, the surf is calling me
    Calling me, rumbling and roaring
    Calling me, crashing and cresting
    Like an endless song of high and low
    An endless voice from long ago

    The tide, the tide is coming in
    Coming in, pushing and pulling
    Coming in, bubbling and breathing
    Like an endless drawing of the bow
    An endless wheel of reap and sow

    The waves, the waves in endless song
    An endless song from long ago
    An endless drawing, reap and sow
    Like a cresting voice of high and low
    A breathing wheel, a flexing bow

    The sand, the sand is shining gold
    Shining gold, soaking and shifting
    Shining gold, blowing and burning
    Like an endless sky of sunset glows
    An endless dream of sculpted rows

    The waves, the waves are tumbling in
    Tumbling in, chasing and churning
    Tumbling in, streaking and spraying
    Like an endless rhythm, fast and slow
    An endless gift of art on show

    The sea, the surf, the tide, the sand
    Restless, calling, coming, shining
    Frothing, roaring, pulling, shifting
    Like a rolling wave of gifts on show
    A tumbling wave of dreams to know

    — Wayne Visser