Abyss

The world is an ocean Rising and falling Glowing and fading From moonlight to day Ungraspable motion The currents are stalling As we go wading Across the blue bay. The clouds now are shuttered Upon the long daylight The tides they'll be lifting As midnight comes near The beaches are cluttered With signs of the seas might And black water's breaking Above the old pier. No man can weather Earth's changing faces No heart can fathom The depths of the mind No strength can tether The night's lonely spaces Love's the lost anthem In the abyss of time.