The waves are crashing on the shore,
   and I am crawling up the beach.
 The pounding surf sounds like a roar
   as I am fleeing water's reach.

Don't let it take me, I beseech!
   Don't give the beast a second chance.
 It had a turn, but now 's in breach.
   It's met the bounds of its expanse.

And I hear no drums of ghost dance
   to summon it up onto land.
 I twist my head to take a glance,
   and all I see is endless sand.