MORO BAY


The rock rises from the bay

Storms have tried to take it down

And the waves brush up against it

Time will decide its fate

The rock stands as a reminder

Of strength and fleeting monoliths

The fog surrounds the rock

But its peak remains uncovered

A beacon for all to see

Salt air fills His nostrils

He has lived by the ocean all his life

Love and lose, these he has known

And so he always returns to the bay

To see the rock

Seemingly unchanged, as is he

But time and life take their toll on a man

He sees the rock in himself

One as the other

Knowing an end will come

The rock will turn to sand

The man to dust

Who will remember them

When all is gone their spirit will remain

The strength and weaknesses they share

Like the fog coming and going

Man and stone are transient

From the old comes new form, new identity


Michael V Hechtman