By the Sea

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)



Riding a wave
from somewhere in the past

We rise and fall
together and apart

Even as we continue
Falling in concert as rain

Our interactions conforming
to the creative processes of life

Living growing sharing
in the Now

Like leaves being caught up
Tumbling in the wind,

as particles of sand


Standing out among others

Struck by incoming
outgoing waves In momentary flight

While being absorbed by shifting sands
Scattered along the beach as you and i

seeking to understand
why we are here

Or stars in the sky
Absorbing energies

Impelled by forces of majesty
Beyond imagination…

through these
Moments of eternity

as this Dynamic equation
continues unfolding.

As friends,
once and/or forever

Moving ever further
along in our lives

Following this slipstream…
of existence

This space in time shared
while flowing harmoniously

through realms
Of greater horizons

Beyond

C2


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Written on 2018

Submitted by Charles2 on September 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AX XX XX BX BX XX C X BX XD CX DE FG EF GB XH HX XX XF XX A
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 940
Words 193
Stanzas 21
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

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