I lie upon my side down on the sands
And face the rolling waves that curl and sprawl,
And from my new perspective on the strands,
I suddenly perceive the vast blue wall
Of water that is nestled with the lands
And clings about our grand terrestrial ball
Impossibly adhered in azure bands
Upon a globe that sails too fast to fall

Into the sun. And like the waters, I
Am stuck upon its side, and dizzy not
With all the cosmic spinning but with thought.
The rushing deeps so far have left me dry,
But water of my body once did ride,
And will again, within the ocean's tide.