Persistence
dunes, perlubie beach
I.
Sisypharean grains of sand roll up to dune's apex there are those
that roll back those that fall off the edge of a world and a few
[like molecules bypassing liquefaction transforming directly, solid to gas]
ejected into atmosphere a leap of faith fleeing a great australian bight.
II.
vertebrae honed to a point
backbone's ridge disintegrating
the sharp edge loses focus
drifts off
bleeding into sky
III.
these microboulders rolled
up and over
knife's crest
southern ocean Sisyphus
time's lesson in
persistence
a parable of sand
this relentless wind
air molecules
drum ears and hollows
roar defiance
as sirens
beckon sailors,
move mountains
a grain at a time