Reclaiming

Standing here at Punggol promenade
eyes closed, facing the sea at 8pm,
you hear the waves washing the shores
revising their lines endlessly.

Can you reclaim what was never yours?
What's been taken from under the feet of others
The day will come when the ocean will rise up
Swallow you whole

And these waves will wash new shores

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Standing here at Punggol promenade
eyes closed, facing the sea at 8pm,
you hear the waves washing the shores
revising their lines endlessly.

Can you reclaim what was never yours?
You know the day will come
when the ocean will rise up,
swallow you whole

and these waves will wash new shores.

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Standing here at Punggol promenade
eyes closed, facing the sea at 8pm,
you hear the waves washing the shores
revising their lines endlessly.

Can you reclaim what was never yours?
You know the day will come
when the ocean will rise up,
swallow you whole

and these waves will wash new shores.

. The first stanza contains exactly 31 syllables in the form of a prose poem. The first stanza is phrased as imperatives or instructions.

2. The second stanza consists of 14 syllables, broken into 3 lines. The length and subject of each line is left to the poet's discretion.

3. The third stanza consists of 10 syllables, broken into 2 lines of discretionary length. The third stanza is phrased in terms of one or more questions.