Firmly I Stood

                                                                                              

Firmly I Stood:

A moonless night it was

Stars were shining bright

Calm and quiet was the sea

Though waves lashed its sides

Foam caressing my feet I stood

Even as the sand below sank deep

While the soft waves returning to sea

Washed away sand from around my feet

It was, as life caresses my feet gently at times

Yet also pulls the carpet rudely from right under

So resolutely I dug my feet into the sliding ground

Waiting for waves to return with sand to firm my feet