Worship

	Two nuns on the sea shore
	stand apart from one another –
	black wood posts
	mesmerised by the sea god.
	Mesmerised by the sea god.
	One nun with human failings
	and weary legs
	sinks to the sand
	and sits like a child,
	sinks to the sand
	and sits like a child.
	A golden stripe appears
	on the western horizon –
	a golden stripe appears:
	a signal from the sea god
	that he understands tiredness.
	One staunch sister
	stays standing.
	One staunch sister
	stays standing
	and the sun sets.
	And the sun
	sets.

	Two nuns on the sea shore
	stand apart from one another
	black wood posts
	mesmerised by the sea god.
	Mesmerised by the sea god.
	One nun with human failings
	and weary legs
	sinks to the sand
	and sits like a child,
	sinks to the sand
	and sits like a child.
	A golden stripe appears
	on the western horizon
	a golden stripe appears:
	a signal from the sea god
	that he understands tiredness.
	One staunch sister
	stays standing.
	One staunch sister
	stays standing
	and the sun sets.
	And the sun
	sets.