La Pointe du Raz

With the sentinel rocks surrounding

an enchanted bay of light

and ocean’s edge is pounding,

a boast of Neptune’s might.

Here and there the sun plays

and dances with the breeze.

The fulmar starts another chase –

returning from the sea.

He calls in silence, listening

to the songs from the marine.

A pool of sunlight glistening

in the distance to be seen.

Closer, though, a boat returns

and cracks the placid mirror.

Beneath the surface, Neptune learns

of the gifts that men deliver.

The rocks below are dancing

as time is quickened through.

The people there are chancing

for a storm pollutes the blue.

Darkening the distance,

as the scouts return from sea –

they offer no resistance

to what Nature says must be.

“…finding home from home.”

La Pointe du Raz, Bretagne, France

April 1993

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