the sea
loving kisses the shore
with gentle lips

flashes of light
far out over
the blue gray waves

then
with a loud sucking sound
the water is simply gone

fish dance
in suffocating motion
on the newly revealed sand

the lighthouse
suddenly land locked
in the vanishing tides

the light keeper
stares out with dread
at the sudden occurrence

impotently high above
the storm rages
while he smokes furously