I lie awake at night
Gazing out of third story windows
Out--into a sea of man's light
Where the city pans out before me...

I imagine I'm home instead
Where the water meets the sky
I can hear its song in my head
As the waves roll out away from me...

In my heart, I always return
There, to the untouched world
Where the waves roll and churn
In spite of change; in spite of me...