A Window By the Sea
I want to escape to some place
For the whole of eternity,
And I know my mind tells me to find
A window by the sea.
Protected by a solid wall
Of mother-rock from the storm outside.
But I can’t fight curiosity,
Hence the window – so I can know
And yet have a place to hide.
I want to free my mind and soar,
So what if I can’t flee?
Watch the tide and the heavens collide
Through my window by the sea.
Send my eyes out to the sky
Like a gull with a foam-tipped wing.
Glide over curved blue waves.
Return at noon, by the light of the moon
Hear the sleepy old ocean sing.
I want to watch the sun sink into space
In my mind, my territory.
Disruptions are few when I look through
The window by the sea.
Watch the horizon doze in the day,
Turn dark and sinister by night,
Feel the loneliness around
See the stars shine, know that all of it is mine,
Wake up in the brine-soaked light.
I want a boat to take me away
Go back to my identity
Yet come back from the shore, be nobody once more,
By my window by the sea.
Copyright © Priyanka Kumar | Year Posted 2005
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