Timothy Ray Poet Free verse

I Wander These Winter Beaches

i wander these winter beaches 
where autumn's storms
have removed the footfalls of summer
believing in spring

here i am alone listening
to the waves mellifluously remind
yet never recalling
floating the river Lethe
alone where the frigates soar above
pelicans traversing the waves
the terns work the receding water
i am the intruder

waves erasing my past
placing before me rearranging sands
paths never worn
only the belief in spring
with each step forward

i wonder if the gulls see
my past being removed, the future
dependent upon some wave
fortune or contretemps
i wonder if the gulls feel
this surreal gull glides, turns, drift
upon grateful wings
grateful to those who long ago
gave freedom to thought from hunger
the plight of thought
the flight of thought
freeing this surreal gull to wander in wonder

i wander here keeping the dream alive
faith it will evolve into more
some empyreal dictate
some Newtonian machine
there is a numen to winter beaches
here i can laugh with humanity, smile
the hubris belief this can be destroyed
changed yes, but so may volcanoes, asteroids
none of which has a brain
here i can believe that dreams
will be given to reason, logic
and end to war and peace on earth
that there is nothing fatal
even science cannot deny
these rearranging sands and time
will produce another poet wandering, wondering

i wander these winter beaches
where autumn's storms
have removed the footfalls of summer
knowing sunrise, sunset, and spring returns
i am alone, yet far from alone
i am home
where dreams glide, turn, drift
soaring in the thermals of thought
the flight of belief

terminus ad quem
terminus a quo

Playa Del Rey   91   The Patient Stones

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Sally Eslinger June 13, 2022 at 12:27 PM WOW, a walking with the best of the human spirit…still asking…not claiming TomKnow…still hoping to learn…still open to lessons from Nature and the unseen like time and footfalls there tho gone. This is imagery flown masterpiece. Av. Thank you. Bless you. Hugs Sally Eslinger June 13, 2022 at 12:30 PM Should read To Know…and Fav not av..

Evelyn Judy Buehler June 9, 2022 at 6:12 PM Your poem is awesome throughout, Timothy, but I especially love the third verse. Have a nice weekend, Evelyn

Valsa George June 5, 2022 at 10:00 PM I have been following you through your wanderings along the sandy beach, seeing the waves erasing your past and you bracing for a new future. "i am alone, yet far from alone i am home where dreams glide, turn, drift soaring in the thermals of thought". Love these lines, Timothy and love the entire poem !

Vijay Pandit June 5, 2022 at 10:47 AM Images bring forth your hues wandering and delighting on the beaches--ruminating through your words. Wonderful vocabulary, Timothy. Timothy Ray June 5, 2022 at 10:59 AM thank you and enjoyed my visit to you today....always enjoy the dove touch you have in your lines....you make my refuge from the world here all that more i need to be away joyful...so many of you are the jewel poetrysoup is