THE TOWN BY THE SEA
He came from a town
Dug in by the sea
The coastline held treasures
That not all could see
Many made the journey
To the town by the sea
They spoke of its beauty
Its calm, lifting seas
When they came, they built bonfires
That lit up the night
Never seeing the ocean
As it held the moonlight
He understood its wildness
Its destructive tendencies
They came once a year
In the season of peace
He'd seen how its waves
Could swallow men whole
How the ocean collects
What men think they own
He lived in the mud
In the storms and the flood
It was the cold, gray water
That ran through his blood
He needed raw weather
The bays and backwaters
Without open water
His eyes could not see
He would stay there forever
Dug in by the water
His gray eyes held the treasure
That not all could see.
