Sea Change

I have seen the sea change

When it's least expected

The air is calm, the water still

Then everything's affected

Waves and whitecaps, tidal waves and more

The howling wind hurls violence at the shore

It's really not all that strange

Waiting for a sea change

I have seen my woman leaving

Walking out the door

Everything was perfect

And then she wanted more

Words are spoken, deeds are done

There's no going back once the blood begins to run

It's really not quite naive

Waiting for your woman to leave

I have seen disaster come

Tearing everything asunder

To at once be riding high

And then have it pulled from under you

A complete disaster, a headlong crash

No picking up the pieces in a total collapse

It's really not all that dumb

Waiting for disaster to come

I have seen the sea change

Scuttling my heart

No way to chart a new course

Once the whole world falls apart

The pause that destroys, the look that chills

The winds of change blow, but the sea change kills

It's really not quite deranged

Waiting for the sea to change

To be leaning on a piling

Just outside of sight range

Sucking on a bottle

Waiting for the sea change. . .