“Off the Coast of Oregon”
by Bill Ward
2000
Off the coast of Oregon
There stands a solitary rock,
Proud and defiant
Against the ocean’s wrath;
Against the raging waves
Of winter storms.
Year upon year, it resists,
Though losing some of its essence:
Tiny grains of sand pried away
To build up the beach –
The ocean’s monument to itself.
As the years go by,
The rock remains resolute,
If only a little less proud.
Off the coast of Oregon,
Where once stood a mighty rock,
Only sea and sand remain.
© 1998 William R Ward
Wed Oct 28 22:30:00 PDT 1998
Revised Tue Aug 8 01:37:36 PDT 2000
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