Poetry list
the ebb tide and the flood
unceasing save for
the brief slack water
the tideway reveals
and conceals taking
to itself the mystery
of passing time
its energy unabated
like a pulsing vein
it brings a wisdom
and a rhythm to
our troubled spirits
speaking of a universe
unpossessed and
unpossessable by self
informing us
of gain and loss as
equal gifts in a journey
of limits before the
sublime dying birth
when we are truly lost
and found on
eternity’s shore
© Neil Thompson 2022