I know what is out there –
the ocean and its profound depth
pounding in waves against headlands
rolling in swells beyond horizons.

This morning an enveloping gray
shrouds the deathless reaches –
waves press upon the shore,
white billow sprays follow
perfect curls of falling water shattering
as blue crystal on crystalline fine grains of sand;
beyond, the slow rise and fall of deep water
tidal motion in moon drift.

What is faith if not remembering
brilliant blue beneath an azure sky?
More than this.  Nothing without this –
the implacable gray veil
masking infinite swells,
blue in the colored world
gray on an oceanside morning
black in the deep night sky.

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Central Oregon Coast – August 20, 2016

Photo is my own, taken August 20, 2016 over Seal Rock beach, Oregon.