Ocean Tides Poem by Winston Lu1

We stand on the shore and imagine paradise

As far as the vast expanse of what we see

Waves gently beacon us, inviting us to partake

Of gentle movements of the sea, earth, and moon

So natural the motion; the workings of earth

And still a minor reflection of the cosmos

We walk and caress grains of sand

Clenching toes to hold onto beloved sensations

Until we step into the brink of the margins of shorelines

Where we had caressed sand, the waves now embrace us

Swirling bits of sand around us trivial to us it seems

Yet to the Oceans we are like the sand, aimless and trivial

We swim and drift in the ocean we float without self-impeding

Made mostly of water and salt ourselves

Separated only by skin deep boundaries

And perhaps that is why Oceans comfort us

Barriers are forgotten and we lose ourselves

We are brought back from thence we came