The Work Is Love

Turning to work
and returning to work
finding in the work
purpose and direction

Work that is play
and words that play
finding in that play
content and satisfaction

Love like the sea wave
bores caves in the cliff
that booms until it tumbles
with the high tide that whelms
and pulls back to the depths

Love like the sea wave
pushes up the dune
silts in the mangrove
piles high the wrack
over the rocks
lying still waiting as they are slowly worn

The work is love
and like a sea wave
grinds the rock
with glittering flecks of shell

Work that is play
splashes and foams
and roars, bores in the cliff
until it tumbles
with the high tide that whelms
and pulls back to the depths.

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