Bell Buoy

It is the movement of the waves

That activates the buoy bells.

It is the action of the years that brings me to this place,

This evening,

This feeling which is familiar and yet difficult to describe

Or to be at peace with.

Living near the harbor,

One cannot escape the impermanence of things--

Love

Beauty

Health

Friends.

The action of the waves and of time,

Will bring sand and starfish

From every distant point.

And yet,

There is still tonight to be gotten through,

And the heartbreaking sound

Of the buoy bells.

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