Wednesday, January 15, 2014

After last night's storm

I walked beside the restless sea
And thought of what we want to be,
Our foolishness, and how we try
To dominate both earth and sky.

The littered beach's tattered form
Displayed the wrack of last night's storm,
Crushed clam shells, ragged scraps of trash,
Bore witness to the storm king's lash.

A Christmas tree rose on the sand,
As if awaiting some bright plan,
Set there to make clear testament
To man's absurd capricious bent.



2 comments:

  1. I was trying to find that quote on the Christmas tree massacres about all that life invested in their upbringing and then massacred and thrown. Couldn't find.

    "Capricious bent."

    Perfect.

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