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Small.

January 16, 2024
By Lowlow BRONZE, Sacramento, California
Lowlow BRONZE, Sacramento, California
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Favorite Quote:
You know what they say Spiderman. To the window, to the wall.


Overbearing, rolling, shocking waves

     Loud, thunderous, raining sky

          Tsunami so large you’d be emptied of hope

               Lives lost, taken, gone


               To withstand it is not to rage

          It is not to be greater

     It is not to stop the water in freefall, 

for you cannot freeze life


I found a shell on the beach

I listened to its song


I saw it drown in tsunami waters

     Smelled the petrichor of pelting rain

          Deadly, crashing waves only made it smooth and beautiful

               Smooth, beautiful, small


               I asked, have you been here all this time?

          It ends its song

     And in the silence 

My words ring true


Just like the stone cliffs

Like the burning sun

The trembling Earth 


It was, it is, it will


The author's comments:

Isn't it cool how shells outlive ships?


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