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Small.
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
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Isn't it cool how shells outlive ships?