Sea Change

 All the bridges crumbling,
we are falling to the sea.
— Tumultuously ripped & rocked
beyond all sound foundation.
 Tossed adrift, lost and lonely
 Crying out in fear and pain
 To what gods may be, if only
 what we’ve lost might be again . . .
 And the sea erodes our souls
as the waves have rocked our faith
 No more when we could be secure,
firmly anchored to the past.
This is what it is, to undergo a sea change.
This is what it is to dream a new awakening.
This is what it is when what has been forsakes us.
This is what it is
when what’s to be must start to form.