THE ONLY SOUL OUT ON THE SAND

I go down to the water
To wash my worries away
I need something much bigger than me
Something much farther away

In the winter, I walk the empty beach
The only soul out on the sand
Time is a circle, you see it there
Where the far blue horizon bends

Lightning splits the hollow sky
The power lines crackle above
Mainlining the source of the universe
Cosmic love flooding into my blood

My blood runs blue like the ocean
My eyes hold the gray winter sea
I get my peace at a distance
From something much bigger than me

I'm the only soul still out on the sand
Before the hurricane begins
Except for the surfers catching the waves
Who exist in a parallel dream

The stars in black space are like beacons
Fellow wanderers in the night
Up where the light is winning
Somewhere on the other side

When the days are short, but life is long
When March is in its ides
Before the springtime floods the rivers
And I've lost my places to hide

In the last cold days of winter
When no one is out on the sand
When it seems like the darkness is winning again
I go to where the horizon bends

My home is where the ocean is
Where the city streets end at the beach
Where the locals surf the wild sea
And a soul can hold onto a dream

My blood runs blue like the ocean
My eyes hold the gray winter sea
I get my peace at a distance
From something much bigger than me.