Ebb

Prompt: "The more things change, the more they remain the same." ~Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
Some take on the above quote on perceptions.

Must be the following version of a pantoum:
The pantoum is a poetic form derived from the pantun,
a Malay verse form: specifically from the pantun berkait,
a series of interwoven quatrains.__from Wikipedia.


Some pantoums rhyme, this form DOES NOT

Word to use: disguise, mask, etch, design
Words NOT to use:  perspective, see, look, mirror, glass,

Please DO put the line letters in as well as complete prompt (for checking)

Stanza 1 A B C D

Stanza 2 B E D F

Stanza 3 E G F H

Stanza 4 G I H J

Stanza 5  I  (A or C)  J ( A or C)







                            Ebb

A          For some things will never change:
B          The tides go out and the tides come in,
C          until you can perceive deeper:
D          focus beneath the mask.

B          The tides go out and the tides come in,
E          sand etching dance of ebb and flow.
D          Focus beneath the mask
F          to recognize the designs of God.

E          Sand-etching dance of ebb and flow
G          to the music of the waves.
F          To recognize the designs of God
H          peer within with hollow eyes.

G          To the music of the waves
I            find your balance within design:
H          Peer within with hollow eyes
J            to view without, beyond disguise.

I            Find your balance within design
C          until you can perceive deeper: 
J          to view without, beyond disguise:
A          for some things will never change.