Adolescence

The lad was watching the sea. Long combers blue and green, Gilded by the sun, Advanced and receded; One moment white foam filled Rocky crevices, then An outward swirl left them Grey, barren and unsatisfied; Adolescent yearning obsessed him. On the shore he heard The swish and crash of the waves And further out a deep drone Followed by a sonorous murmur; The booming undertow left on the shore Slimy bunches of yellow weed and purple kelp; The boy’s unfathomed thoughts fared out Beyond the distant breakers.