Constellations: A Night's Worth of Poems

Waves

Waves crash along the island shore

Of a beach long forgotten

Hidden deep within the sands

Are the ocean's memories

Sirens sing across the water

Warn of land that's harsh and torn

Cold is the air

Rough are the rocks

Grey are the skies that paint the morn

Then the clouds begin to part

In some masterful work of art

Brilliant is the light

That shines on through

On a sorrowful world

On me and on you

Waves crash up against my skin

Soaking deep the bones within

Can I escape the waves that come?

Can I escape the world I'm from?

One day my life will cease

And all that's left is resting peace

Waves will come and waves will go

They wash up along the shore

I am one grain of sand

That's waiting silent on the land