True High Tide

This high tide:
noted but briefly,
published for days--hours--
in the line I see etched
after highest ripple ebbs;
to be erased and forgotten
when higher ripples
     reach their flow.

True High Tide

Bob Komives

True high tide:
long remembered,
imprinted for our generation
in the line we see carved
where once highest high wave impressed;
to remain archived and referenced
while tens of thousands highest ripples
     stop below.

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