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Till the End of Time

I have left the choking maze of concrete patterns behind me to stand at land's end. It is here I have found the beating heart of Mother Earth. She beckons me at sunset, silently, with colors beyond imagination. Her greatness explodes across the sky and below she bellows the audible sounds of the surf that build into a grand crescendo to celebrate days’ end. The sparkle of the ocean begins its mesmerizing dance that welcomes the sun to come to rest behind her distant edge. In the sky above are the endless and magical shapes of clouds floating across the golden sky, as the surf continues its rhythmic tones that purifies my mind and soothes my soul. The distant fog horn beckons to the wayward gulls and guides them home to roost at water's edge. With my soul now fulfilled and with last light, I reluctantly turn away into the darkness, grateful once again to have witnessed the beauty of Mother Earth, hoping someday to be at peace as my ashes float away with the tide, on their endless journey, till the end of time.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 4/11/2015 4:10:00 PM
Hello Gil, it would be nice to live near other soup poets :) thank you for the reply on my comment. LINDA
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Date: 4/4/2015 8:38:00 PM
GIL, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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Gil Garcia
Date: 4/11/2015 3:54:00 PM
SKAT, I did stop and had a good read. You had me laughing with Football Bear, His Car and Kid. Your poem 'The Fallen Poet,' is very heart-felt and revealing; brought back many memories. Thank you. You ask about my past. Well grew up in a family of 5 artist, and my mother was a lover of poetry. Lucky to have great creative jobs my entire life...now 72 and taped together with duct tape. Wrote a book abut my childhood 'A Walk Back Home which sparked the writer in me to keep it going. My art can be seen at: http://awalkbackhome.weebly.com/#/ As you can see by my poems, I love nature, and I must confess I love Football, a beer now and then, my wife and my kid! Now, what about you SKAT....great handle!
Date: 4/4/2015 7:04:00 PM
Gil, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry when you are ready :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy 2015, with New Poet Friends @-> LINDA <-@
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Date: 4/11/2015 3:57:00 PM
Linda, you are right, this is a wonderful community. I wish we all lived close to each other in a hillside ocean community. I love creative people. They have clear minds and smiles on their faces. I wonder why?
Date: 4/3/2015 4:55:00 PM
Song of soul....Wish of mind...God bless you dear.
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Date: 4/3/2015 5:59:00 PM
Thank you Sandip, We are all the sculptors of our time; leaving for future generation a record of our lives, our thoughts just as any sculptor of stone we use the might pen...Oops! Computer You and all are welcome to see my art at: http://awalkbackhome.weebly.com/ and https://www.pinterest.com/gilgarcia40/the-artworks-from-author-and-artist-gil-garcia/

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