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The poem gives voice to the ocean. As somebody who so dearly loves the sea, I was surprised by the voice that emerged.
I hope you enjoy it.
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Inspirational Poetry: The Long Memoried Sea
Come in now, won’t you?
Come in for a swim.
Come on in.
Today I’m soft turnings
kissing the land all along
its shoulder and arm
the full length of the sand
I know: that’s how you like it. Aaah…
Forget the mad moods of midnight
the surfeit of watered-up wind
smashing your vessels
the crashing into the chest
the choking of lungs
that was a different time
so it was.
So it was.
Before there was air, I was here.
Off you went on your legs
telling your stories.
You never knew how to tell this.
Words, how are ya.
How are you?
I’m here, still,
so I am.
So I am.
All stillness
in my better part
in the back beyond
in the black beneath
fathoms afar
under the fallen
birthing the creatures of color
allowing the unheeding light.
Come in now.
Come on in.
Come in and swim.
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