This Sea We See

We stand upon a shore

To over-look a sea

Twixt what has gone before

And what is yet to be

The imminence of New

Is cradled in the Old

And everything we do

Will soon fall to its hold

The gentle morn awakes

Washing across earth’s beach

But soon the hour will take

It far beyond our reach

Lord, touch us as we stand

And overlook its sea

These footprints in God's hand

Lead to eternity

...there are no shorelines where

The Epic Evermore

Lies just beyond our stare

After Time's brief Before

© Janet Martin