the sea breeze sages

when will you know me

as only a breeze upon the sea

as only the spray from its waves

or as a cloud behaves

drifting across the blue expanse

lost to your sight in the distance

even if it no longer shows

still i'm real to one who knows

when will you know me for sure

so free and so pure

so thorough and complete

the generations repeat

when will you know only i existed

knowledge of wonder you resisted

and there i forever and a day

as always as the waves spray

as always as the sea breeze

coursing even through the forest trees

whispering where i may be seen

where i've always been

you may not know me by a sound

there none may be found

and don't assume you'll know my shape

nor look for me along the landscape

rather just look for me as i blow across the ocean

hear me sing the splendour of devotion

rejoicing in your heart

for know me there to start

just look for me as i spray the beaches

hear me where any sound reaches

not the soulless sound alone

but the power behind the drone

not the swaying of a towering tree

but the force at the back of what you see

i am the very animation

yet you have known me as creation

when will you know me

as only a breeze upon the sea

as only the spray from its waves

or as a cloud behaves

when will the glory of the time arrive

let illusion not survive

you and i throughout the ages

one forever the sea breeze sages.