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 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

and 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’ve 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 that time arrive
let illusion not survive
you and i then throughout all the ages
one forever the sea-breeze sages.