She Made of Me a Sea

I am the real sea A tumultuous sea One wave hits another And that’s me Waves sliding, edge Of all the earth Edge of my childhood Look upon my birth Whirlpools spinning bide In my heart and my mind Icebergs are My gentlest thoughts Whitecaps are The spraying wind that blows Through my thoughts Icebergs are, just are In me, and hold the secrets Of my birth, times not even I Remember, gone the times Of sweet November I once rested in my mother I once talked to her All night She sang to me each November Always sang, her words still ring God rest her soul She had to go Now she walks amongst the Angels Watching watching what’s below As a child I knew no other As a man I miss her so There she was in sweet November There she was beside my bed She sang to me songs so tender God rest her soul I’m here below And I miss her so Once she spoke in fiergy tongues As she cared for her little ones Brought me into this harsh life A little water she poured into me Now I am a sea She brought me life, She slakes my thirst, still I stand within her saltly sea One day I will too be freed She made me too a sea Mixed her salt into me Left me on this rock To preach and write and teach Until I drop She left me on this rock To preach until I drop She made me too a see She’s so much a part of me As I am of her How she worked to make of me A mixing, churning, life full sea In the boundaries of my flesh In my mind are many thoughts Intertwined in me Her words are like the brutal winds That slows into the gentlest sky And calm the raging storm of me She made of me a sea In my mind are many thoughts To many for my words to tell In my heart is so much love It’s gone to sleep and lives above I will not approach the deep blue sea Will not walk up to its shores I will hear her voice no more Until I go I’ll say no more Of the words she dreamed and gave to me I will no more think of her words Or study her philosophy No longer will I stand and mourn Upon the sands and footprints shown She made of me a sea Now I am the likeness of her love I am a deep blue sea now too Within the salt a move and breathe She made of me a sea And now I am he Donald Standeford