and crashing, falls upon the sands of time
Its crested foam, a flame of white,
its countless bubbles,
each a life – lived one brief span
And formed from out the countless seas
of past – live one brief time – then gone again.
anew – and thus these waves do form;
Each one an age, and formed from out the
depths where throb the countless wings of Heaven
Each beating with its pulse – eternally a song;
A song unheard, yet deep within the hearts of all.
all men from out the crested wave,
which beats so restlessly upon the sands of time
A way as yet untrod, nor is it marked for any man
This path that leads him up and on,
and far away, the ocean’s din, thus fades –
The afterlife becomes the hinterland.
like mother’s arms and thus enfolds
And then the Radiant rainbowed hues
of Heaven become the texture;
Its texture thus becomes its Way of Life –
its warp and woof
A pattern woven with the stars –
a background radiant.
by Ernest L. Norman
Excerpt from The Anthenium