Fragments torn from a greater whole <br />The filigree edge of the country's soul <br /> <br />Shot sky high from the Earth's abyss <br />Cold and wet as a small child's kiss <br /> <br />Shingle singing in the dead of night <br />Shining islands of reflected light <br /> <br />Each one unique crack hard and clean <br />Washed by the tide's endless regime <br /> <br />Seduced by the moon's unseen attraction <br />Reclaimed by the Earth's faithful reaction <br /> <br />Scattered long before the fall <br />Rock of Ages cleft for us all <br /> <br /> Sean Joyce © 2008<br /><br />Sean Joyce<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-new-zealand-beach/
