A Breath In Time

Solitude

And the still strong roar

Of the ocean fill me

The sky brilliant swirls of pinks and blues mixed on dusk's canvas

And wishing stars hang delicately by threads from heaven

I am alone

Left with the remnants of a breezy autumn day

Left with sea foam

And shells washed ashore

Awoken from hundreds of years beneath the sea

Left with palm fronds used as makeshift shovels

For carving castles and happily-ever-afters

I am small and here I know it

I am but one of thousands, of trillions, of even more

I shout as loud as I can to the sea

Her waves drown my voice

Shush me like a child

I am small here and I know it

I am alone

Left with the remnants of a breezy autumn day

With seaweed from a mermaid’s garden

Plucked from waters dark and deep

A tiny sliver of a moon lights my path;

Shines down from years away

I watch as my footprints disappear

My marks on the world washed away

I am small here and I know it;

I am but a breath in time, nothing more.