[Standing on the sands of Carmel Beach, CA]

Shifting Sands

A calm is heard in the region,

a stillness lies over the land.

It is as though no life existed,

only the hills of yellow sand

A breeze is felt....by whom?

still it moves across the sand.

Those once fixed grains now tumble,

causing life on desolate land.

A new scene is placed upon earth

shaped by the unseen winds,

And one wonders who comes to see

for the shifting sands have no friends.

by Ron Kurtz