THE SEA

THE SEA


THE SEA IS ANGRY TODAY
MADLY IT THROWS ITSELF AGAINST THE SHORE
BEATING ITSELF UPON THE BREAKWATER
SPRAYING FOAM AND SEA HORSES IN THE AIR
THE WIND SCREAMS IN AGONY AT THE MAYHEM
AND THE SEAGULLS ADDS TO THE SCENE
WITH THEIR CALLING
THEIR MANIACAL LAUGHTER

ODD THE WAY WE GIVE TO NATURE
MAN-LIKE SYMPTOMS

ODD THE WAY WE GIVE TO GOD
SYMPTOMS OF AN ANGRY FATHER
THOUGH IN MANY CASES
HE HAS HIS OWN WORDS TO BLAME

BUT I PREFER THE IMAGE OF LOVING MOTHER
WHO FORGIVES HER WAYWARD CHILD
WHILE ENCOURAGING HIM TO DO BETTER

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE SOUL FINDS PEACE
NOT OFTEN
BUT THERE ARE TIMES
WHEN THE MOTHER
HOLDS YOU TO HER BOSOM

THEN SETS YOU DOWN
SAYING
GO PLAY
GO WORK
GO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER
GO MAKE YOURSELF BETTER
AND KNOW THAT IN THE STRONGEST STORM
I CAN SAY
PEACE
BE STILL


FRANK A VOLLMER