Eternity At Sea

That if I would,

I would stand immortally at sea

Gazing for eternity at sea

The beauty struck sea

I’d set leave of quay

To immortally find way

Stand upon the ocean shore

Reverberating sea splashing at my feet

Shore washing sea, covering my feet

To close my eyes is to be at sea

This dream lasts all day to me

One day is like twenty years at sea

That if I would,

I would stand immortally at sea

Hoping for eternity at sea

Wonder covered sea

I would bless the shore

And leave to be once more

Out at sea to sail

And stand upon a ship and sway

Listen to the creak of the wood, and say

To close my eyes is to be at sea

A dream that lasts eternity

Eternity, guaranteed, to live

Would one day be eternity

I would spend it out at sea

Stand upon the ocean shore, foaming at my feet

... Annie Cordelia Adams