Robert Ludden Poet Free verse

Water World

There is the constant danger we may drown.
One learns
to take a promise with serenity
for waves of bliss in any victory are short.
Events move in 
like flood tides on the islands--
pressing on attention,
stealing from contented images
built in the past,
demanding burial at sea.

And we must let them go,
for were there not an ocean there
to hide the present to the moment
when it suddenly appears,
there is no voyage,
no suspended triumph
and no thrill of doubt.

Will you drink this wine with me?
May we celebrate uncertainty,
the ports of call we may not see,
and yes the turbulence
that we ourselves create
in transient souvenir.

If that is not enough
there is the fury 
of the rain,
the tempest, 
and the blood
diluted in the deep,
the gift to sponge away
the curse of time
...before the tide returns.
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Omneya Kamal October 13, 2012 at 2:09 PM So deep and expressive Robert! Keep it up! Omneya Robert Ludden October 13, 2012 at 3:06 PM Thanks...hope I see more of your work

Sara Kendrick October 13, 2012 at 10:41 AM Very descriptive work that you have penned..Enjoyed reading this afternoon..Sara Robert Ludden October 13, 2012 at 3:05 PM And thank you for stopping by! Robert Ludden October 13, 2012 at 2:50 PM Thank you so much

Leo Larry Amadore October 13, 2012 at 9:19 AM I enjoyed reading your poem today; it is nicely sustained and poetically realized with striking images and phrases. I particularly liked "May we celebrate uncertainty,/ the ports of call we may not see,/ and yes the turbulence/ that we ourselves create"....good work. Robert Ludden October 13, 2012 at 9:48 AM Thank you for your careful reading of my work.