I Returned To the Sea
I can smell the wind in my face
Salt air in my mouth-my skin
I become the other world I am in;
Walking against the breeze as it
grows
But nobody knows or gives two
crows..
That's OK self conceit is in faded
retreat.
Birds dive, their calls reaching my
ears
An orange sphere eclipses all that is
near
Blindingly bright~ on the edge of
night
I walk west~sun setting as if in jest
I smell lush salty wind invade my
chest
I chase the reality to bask in
finality...
I look at this beautiful place
A saving grace~what a beautiful
face~
How I distaste what's left of the
race,
Leaving in its trace a waste..an
infertile
place.
I feel salty air tickle my nose~
Feel the sand slip through my toes~
Walking against the ocean breeze
One last pose before god only
knows;
I go to my knees, look out at the
seas
Birds dives and weave, sit upon the
trees.
I sit awhile and contemplate as I
smile
At oceans edge I take in all that I
hear
The orange sphere eclipsing all that
is
near
I walk due west, sun setting as if in
jest
Feet and mind never stopping to
think or
rest
Quiet determination defeating loud
lethargy
I slip into liquid effigy
Oops too late, I am not here to see
Dark vertigo becomes the wet indigo of me
The
deep blue
sea.
Copyright © Priscilla Willis | Year Posted 2010
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