Song Of The Ocean Tides

Song Of The Ocean Tides
© Surazeus
2025 12 19

Though the timeless song of the ocean tides 
fades away into whisper of the breeze, 
I still feel its resonance in my heart 
echoed in harmony of my blood flow, 
because so much depends on wave-smooth stones 
that preserve the dreams of our long-dead gods. 

The sturdy boat I built from fire-steamed planks, 
on which I used to leap high surging waves, 
now lies abandoned on sun-glistened sand, 
gazing at me with forlorn eyes of hope 
while I wither away with wordless age 
and long to feel sting of wind on my cheeks. 

Strange monsters with enormous shining eyes, 
that lurk deep beneath sloshing waves of fate, 
enraged I snare wriggling fish in my net 
which I roast with crackling flames on the beach, 
haunt my endless afternoons where I lie 
weak and tired beneath the broad apple tree. 

Prone on my back beneath sun-gold leaves, 
I reach both withered hands up to dark clouds 
whose shapes resemble monsters of the deep, 
and relive timeless hours on surging waves 
when I grappled fish with still-muscled arms, 
and held them flopping in shell of my boat. 

Once I stood tall in wave-tossed boat of faith 
on loyal legs that navigated change, 
but now I sit and gasp for breath of hope 
in apple grove I bought with coins of gold 
I earned selling fish in the market place 
so my grandchildren play in paradise. 

Twelve grandchildren, who play chase in the grove, 
sprang from three sons I molded into men, 
safe in lush garden of fruit trees and herbs 
funded by monsters I caught from the deep, 
so I built this heaven for my offspring 
with wealth I earned wrestling demons in hell. 

Through constant struggle of my wordless hope 
in fierce battles against chaos of desire, 
I earned my right to live in paradise 
where my grandchildren may play without care, 
safe from hungry monsters of the dark sea 
that I slew with aggression of my hands. 

Yet the timeless song of the ocean tides 
still resonates in garden of my heart 
so I hear monstrous roar of surging waves 
which I translate to harmonious song 
that vibrates from darkest depths of my soul 
while my family listens with loving eyes.