By  z
Date: 27 July 1997

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     searching the vast horizon
     glimpsing the approaching wave 
     
     begun as a gentle ripple in the sea
     strengthening with forces natural and divine 
     
     rolling towards the solid shore beneath my feet
     feeling the oncoming rumble within my soul
     
     filled with turmoil and longing
     churning with questions
     
     closing faster and unstoppable
     seeking desperately for the calm beneath the thunder
     
     standing breathless almost overcome
     anticipating the crash
     
     yet reaching out unafraid
     to touch the sharp spray 
     
     opening my senses to feel the surge enfold me
     blanketing me not in destruction but in a wake of peace
     
     
     -- the future