28 January 1999
I Await

I stare out at the vast sea
My arms are open wide
Trying to catch a breath of salt air
Or just trying to hide.

Grains of sand
Blow around me here
Rocks have grazed my feet
Still I have no fear
Of what I’ve been expecting

I hold a shell up to my ear
And I try to hear the sea
Which I know is right here
But the shell is meant for only me.

I don’t have to share
I can call it my own
There are too many people here
To call the sea my home.

I have been staring too long now
I close my eyes and still I see
The forever bright blue water
Stretched out in front of me

Day after day
I came back here
Though I still refuse to stay
But I know that I
Shall not turn back
On my final judgement day.