As the ground finally ceases its violent tantrums We watch white caps grow like starving phantoms First the sea retreats like shrinking, diseased gums Baring its briny teeth before blocking out the sun We will be washed clean and torn asunder Crushed within our homes to drown in stone and lumber We will be washed clean and torn asunder Our culture swept away as we slumber We will be washed clean and torn asunder Moored no longer to centuries of comfort Like an invading state, water storms down our streets An infantry of waves, repeatedly sacking our cities First the sea retreats like shrinking, diseased gums Baring its briny teeth before blocking out the sun Each charging wave, higher than our palace walls Before my gaze, family and friends simply dissolve The sea is retreating, the sea is rethinking Its purpose for creating anything terrestrial The sea is swelling, the sea is groaning Its intentions are to reclaim us all