Ocean's Crashing

Ocean’s waves

Break earth

Slamming against shore

With fierceness witnessed

On rare occasion,

The force awakened by storm

Or perhaps moon-

Softening boulder

That supports other,

Cracking pieces,

Re-carving structures once believed

Unchangeable

Altering sand and shell

Depositing new drops

Leaving treasure for

The passerby,

Continuously altering

The world we know

With little recognition

And smaller understanding,

A force unknown

And feared

By land dweller

As eyes stare out

To an endless horizon

Imagination creating

What lays beyond and below

For the darkness creates

A backdrop for the unknown,

A place to paint a new

Understanding-

Creating a dream or

A nightmare,

All reflection of the person

Creating in the moment-

Awaiting the change of the moon

And the altered flow

Of the Ocean’s crashing.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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