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STRANGER ON THE SHORE

I am a man who walks alone,
along a lonely stretch of beach,
Certain of only one thing in life,
all that  I once hoped for is out of reach.

I hear a lonely sea gull cry,
and a far off train whistle blow,
A call to the sea and  a call to land,
and I'm not sure just where to go.

Above, the moon hangs heavy there,
as if it might just fall to earth.
While I feel light enough to fly,
to head skyward for all I'm worth.

I am a man caught in between,
the land and sea, the earth and sky.
Even caught between two words,
the word hello and the word goodbye.

I feel the surf beckon me,
that vast brother of loneliness.
And thus lured by its certainty,
I answer at last, yes, my brother, yes!

copyright 2000 by Roland Ricker

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