Winter sky with summer’s warmth
Grasps the water at its edge
Pulls it taut against the shore
To quiet down the ocean floor.
Lonely in infinity
A seagull beats its wings to soar
Held in place by unknown eye
Defeats an earthbound gravity.
Lovers walk along the beach
With hands that touch but do not seek
They hear the seagull’s plaintive shry,
Wordlessly they pause to stare.
Gull and lovers held as one
Painted in a primal world,
Silence sounds against the sea
Deflecting time eternally.