When the sea came to the mountains
What was it like for you,
O Ancient One?
Were you as shocked as we were
When the ocean sat above you
And the developments below
Left you no good choices?
Was it painful when the winds
Ripped fistfuls of trees
From the roots of your scalp
In the darkness of that confusing night?
When you couldn’t hold on
To your soft, boulder flesh any longer
Were you like the grandson
Clinging to grandma as long as he could manage
Until the forceful waters stripped us all from each other?
Did you look down into this valley
Adding your tears to the deluge
Not wanting to harm
All that you cherished in your shadows?
Were you like the mother
Not one single cell in her body
Wanting to leave her girls on the roof
With all the trauma that would certainly follow
Before letting go
Did you fiercely whisper
Her same last words:
“I love you!”