[1. Tide Pools]

When the ebbing tide retreats

Along the rocky shoreline
It leaves a trail of tidal pools
In a short-lived galaxy

Each microcosmic planet
A complete society


A simple kind mirror
To reflect upon our own
All the busy little creatures

Chasing out their destinies
Living in their pools
They soon forget about the sea...


Wheels within wheels in a spiral array
A pattern so grand and complex

Time after time we lose sight of the way
Our causes can't see their effects


[2. Hyperspace]

A quantum leap forward

In time and in space
The universe learned to expand


The mess and the magic
Triumphant and tragic
A mechanized world out of hand


Computerized clinic
For superior cynics

Who dance to a synthetic band

In their own image

Their world is fashioned
No wonder they don't understand


[3. Permanent Waves]

Science, like nature

Must also be tamed
With a view towards its preservation
Given the same

State of integrity
It will surely serve us well


Art as expression
Not as market campaigns
Will still capture our imaginations

Given the same
State of integrity
It will surely help us along


The most endangered species
The honest man

Will still survive annihilation
Forming a world
State of integrity

Sensitive, open and strong

Wave after wave will flow with the tide

And bury the world as it does
Tide after tide will flow and recede
Leaving life to go on as it was...