An Invitation From The Sea
Being by the sea calms our souls.
The crashing of water,
Constant ocean song,
Soothes us all.
We don't have to be anything here.
Water washes our tickling minds,
Intellect seems comical and ridiculous.
The waves creep in to the shore,
And invite us to join them.
To scrub out our boundaries,
Be listless, open and free.
Let's become slippery silver fish that swim forever,
And cannot be caught.
Learn to skim the shoreline in a sidestep, like the crab,
Forgetting our preoccupation with forwards and back.
The ocean sweeps over us and offers to dilute us,
To banish our complexities and itches,
To become uncontained and happy for it.
I really like this, Rosanna. Lovely imagery and powerful metaphor. I especially like "to scrub out our boundaries, become listless, open and free." :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Lazuli! I'm really glad you enjoyed it :)
ReplyDeleteHi Rosanna - love the line about crabs - very true (speaking as a bit of a crab myself). I also like the way the lines get longer as the poem goes on, which builds a rhythm like the tide coming in and the waves getting longer and closer.
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Thank you so much for reading Mike - really glad you enjoyed and I hadn't even thought about the structure of it mirroring the sea. I like that idea!
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