In the beginning of her era, splashing into the sea
She saw the world underwater, and longed to be
Down in the depths that no man could see
She surfaced to the ivory cliffs

Through rain days and sun days, she traced in the sand
Clapped off the grains with the palm of her hand
Ran away from the tide that devoured the land
But still the hills shone in the sun

And when the storms came, with the brilliance and shade
And turned blue water white with briny spray
She returned to the place where she once had played
They had both changed in their time apart

Softly and surely, the pond lost its shine
As did the cliffs, in the span of her time
The things that had satyed for thousands of lives
Melted away with the shore

One day she came back, to see her beach
That she had seen shrink as she grew old
But the tide went away, and she could deny no more
As the great bluffs crumbled into the ocean