AS I GAZE OVER THE OCEAN

AS I GAZE OVER THE OCEAN

As I gaze over the ocean

Staring in awe

So much beauty around me

Not a solitary flaw

The lone seagull

Glides ever so free

Flying so gracefully

How I wish that were me

The beauty, the peacefulness

All over the land

The inevitable destruction

It is so hard to understand

All these wondrous gifts

Are so much to cherish

Why am I so frightened?

That all might perish?

The passing seasons

A withering flower

The end is near

The collapse of a tower.

The ignorant people

Without any sorrow

The great mushroom in the sky

Will there be a tomorrow? 

Ross Rosenberg

10/01/80  Japan