Seas and suns

8/22/2019

Seas and suns
   alike couples of swans,

They always together
   but when they aside

It’s either a shadow
     or a watery tide.

They crash rules of the nature
  by being apart,

But it's not what they handle,
  It’s not their art.

So hear your spirit,
  Soulful, silent,

Resilience given
  Will navigate talent.

Don’t underrate it
  When hearts whisper the truth,

In silent existence
  You’ll find triumph.

My voice takes me further,
  It can’t be controlled,

By playing my music
  I’m leading the role.

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Epilogue

"The age of the tide and the “Q” of the oceans.
Spring tides generally occur a day or two after full and new moon, a delay usually called “the age of the tide”. This phenomenon is explained qualitatively by the phase change with frequency of an expansion of the tides in terms of the damped normal modes of the oceans. A rough quantitative interpretation indicates a lower bound of about 25 for the Q of normal modes at frequencies close to semi-diurnal. It appears that such modes are not well matched to the tidal potential. Various assumptions, such as that of linearity, are discussed." (Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts, Volume 18, Issue 5, May 1971, Pages 493-503)