Seawall

Concrete keeps the sea from thee

salt and sand assault

as foam and froth reclaim

hurling stones tithed by the tide

brother rock, traitor gravel

battle

frozen form, sand and stone

fury whet by feverish froth

wind blown

naked strata, beached bedrock

exposed

veins of iron bleed, threaded through hope and stone

betrayed by clay

pulled by lunar might

twice

day and night

quartz, sand, granite

bite

over, under, through

wave upon wave

cresting crescendos and turbulent tempests

devour designs

swallow straight lines

banish beauty with simple alchemy

to defend, deflect away

swell

thirsty to flood

reclaim stolen stone, wood and mud

time does not care, for your barrier

block wetland from bay, branch of the river tree

as rusted blood seeps

from wounded concrete

stormy eons long gone

mere fractions, the lives of thee

mortar, bone, blood and stone

return home to the sodium sea.