The Leatherback

I sat upon a beach, eyes soft across the lee
And thought my life the same,
a sameness as the sea
Where every wave at last, its highest height achieves
Before its breaking heart,
a final fall receives
And as I sat alone, and pondered what might be
A leatherback broke through,
the green and gleaming sea
Perhaps to ask why I, would block her gentle climb
Or just to witness me,
record in turtle time
The instant heartaches die, or once again begin
When you before me walked,
what heaven wrought of sin