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wish! wish! wish for the sun!

       there, once ...
       in port on Captiva, slumbering
       the bottlenoses sang me
       to every first blush ...
       tender, daily, they'd wake me
       gentle, silken backs, a-finned
       slipping and melting
       the mirror surface ...
       (as sunrise melts the moon)
       puffs blown (wish!) soft as
       a child's eyelash, blinking
       me to the dawn ...
       a mantra, golden, warm
       offered up to brightening air
       with their hopeful prayer
       for my day ...

wish! wish! wish for the sun!
wish for a magic morn!
wish! wish! abundant, the sea!
all wishes azure-borne!
wish! wish! swim for the deep!
wish for a bounty there!

       each break of day
       as soft and sure as the pink sky
       my dreams were taken
       for their aspects ...
       meanderings paid for exuberance, rare
       I, kid's heart ever tugging
       chose a top-side bunk
       in lieu of below ...
       (or a cozy forecastle)
       first, for the sake of the sextant
       and a night vista
       beyond sacred imaginings -
       stars, moon ... the light-flecked
       wash of the 'Way itself
       oft' to take the breath ...
       but then, solely, in regard of the dolphins
       their wondrous wake-ups
       weaving into my spirit
       haunting the day-long and
       my dreams ever since ...

wish! wish! wish for the sun!
wish for a magic morn!
wish! wish! abundant, the sea!
all wishes azure-borne!
wish! wish! swim for the deep!
wish for a bounty there!

       I will sail my last
       dusk sky with that hopeful
       song in my soul,
       and the memory of precious
       Captiva mornings ...
       carried to me by those
       magical spirits, my bottlenose
       brothers and sisters
       ever ebullient
       and ever bright ...

wish! wish! wish for the sun!
wish for a magic morn!
wish! wish! abundant, the sea!
all wishes azure-borne!
wish! wish! swim for the deep!
wish for a bounty there!
wish fair winds, a gentle sea
and a kiss on the dawning air!

       that joyous song -
       your buoyant spirit
       forever ...
       my heart.






~ 1st Place ~  in the "Dolphins" Poetry Contest, Julie Leigh Rodeheaver, Judge & Sponsor.

~ 6th Place ~  in the "Premiere Contest Number 15" Poetry Contest, SKAT A, Judge & Sponsor.
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