03-23-2024, 09:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-23-2024, 11:43 AM by TranquillityBase.)
At a beach west of Portland
One found the beach
by traveling out of the forest
down a path through a trench,
and I stepped out.
Before I could absorb
the immense ocean
I turned back
and saw a panoply of faces
grotesque visages
carved into the sandy cliffs
casting their message of abandon
out across the Pacific
until they crumbled again into the universe
of hard packed sand.
One found the beach
by traveling out of the forest
down a path through a trench,
and I stepped out.
Before I could absorb
the immense ocean
I turned back
and saw a panoply of faces
grotesque visages
carved into the sandy cliffs
casting their message of abandon
out across the Pacific
until they crumbled again into the universe
of hard packed sand.