Worship - Robert Wyatt

Two nuns on the sea shore

stand apart from one another —

black wood posts

mesmerised by the sea god.

Mesmerised by the sea god.

One nun with human failings

and weary legs

sinks to the sand

and sits like a child,

sinks to the sand

and sits like a child.

A golden stripe appears

on the western horizon —

a golden stripe appears:

a signal from the sea god

that he understands tiredness.

One staunch sister

stays standing.

One staunch sister

stays standing

and the sun sets.

And the sun

sets.