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Take me where the ocean rolls bigger than the pain in my soul. Let me lay upon shore sand and hold its grit in my hand while the ocean claims ground again, so sure of where it belongs to begin its own fated end. Let ships on the horizon remind me how small I am and how little I understand. My pain seems so very grand yet it, and my heart bearing it, will be gone long before this sand, so small, so mere in tiny bits, but more earthly significant than any of me I have to give. I have no distinct pain, all I hurt once ached another name that millions could easily claim. I do not want to feel love's sentiments anymore. I do not want emphatic care blood in my core. My heart noises need the confusing wave cycle stifled. My heart wishes to comply with my soul's voice, housed within, it does whisper of peace should I let go and fling the heavy pains my emotions have overlong nourished and sustained. God, let me tuck my aches inside a shell, please allow them to only there dwell. I promise, I will sail the shell by my own hand to swim the ocean depths. Allow the sea to free my stored pain in deep, endless, salty motions that I may be free from more tears of lame devotion.

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 4/17/2025 5:59:00 PM

The long and the short of this emotional write, CayCay, is that it is very deep. ~ Gershon

I Am Anaya

Date: 4/4/2025 11:45:00 AM

"Let ships on the horizon remind me how small I am and how little I understand" we are but a tiny speck on a divine engineer's planetary scale. Our place is alongside the healing ocean's, we need to spend more time caring for it while healing ourselves, yes many have pain, but we are all unique souls and yours's heard in your lamenting words. Touching ~

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 3/27/2025 8:40:00 AM

I Absolutely love, how you describe yourself and the ocean as both really are - an expanse of water that goes on forever, and you or I lying by the shore sand - 'How small I am, and how little I understand'. You have such depth that you will one day siwm the ocean depths, the sea will store your pain and give you freedom - from salty tears of lame devotion. Wow Cay Cay your poetic talent you store within you is incredible, I am in awe! Love you Jenny.

Krishnanand Guptar

Date: 3/27/2025 8:14:00 AM

A very emotional poem flowing fluently from the depth of your heart, so expressive, so truthful. From the start to the end it holds one breath. Wish you the spell of inner strength to bear such pains.

Valsa George

Date: 3/27/2025 6:57:00 AM

Cay Cay, how emotive this poem is! It is not something felt in the surface, but penetrating deep. The turmoil you feel inside is like the turmoil of the ocean. It may be calm outside, but has whirls and twirls underneath. "God, let me tuck my aches inside a shell, please allow them to only there dwell. I promise, I will sail the shell by my own hand to swim the ocean depths. " What a heart- rending supplication. Very powerful composition.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/22/2025 11:40:00 PM

Wow, Caycay. You captured the essence of grief so much better than I did. I don't often feel grief. Sadness but not grief. But with your poem, it is made real and we can feel it. Also you had some clever imagery in this one. A fave.

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 3/22/2025 10:38:00 PM

Sad, mournful, grief.. and so expressive. God bless you always, love, Gina

Tania Kitchin

Date: 3/22/2025 4:50:00 PM

CayCay, a wonderfully penned emotive poem. The ocean can be a healing place as well as a place of perspective and reflection. I hope your pain and grief subside and you find some relief.

Silent One

Date: 3/22/2025 1:15:00 PM

Hey CayCay your poem captures a universal feeling of yearning for freedom from emotional pain and a profound connection to nature as a means of healing. It's an exploration of vulnerability, release, and the attempt to make peace with one's inner turmoil through the metaphor of the ocean's endless movements. A wonderful read..

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 3/22/2025 12:58:00 PM

Wow! Very cool. Put in a shell. It can be too hard to bear. I am facilitating GriefShare. We share our grief too, as the leaders. Together we grieve and release pain (to the ocean waves) Hugs, sweet one.

Paige Hind

Date: 3/22/2025 12:39:00 PM

Beautiful - and I could relate to some of this. "be gone long before this sand, so small, so mere in tiny bits, but more earthly significant than any of me I have to give." very deep yet melancholic expression there