Heidi Sands Poet Free verse

What We Want To Create

If I could calm the ocean, 
Uncurl the waves for now
Bring peace with understanding
That not all crashes to shore
Not all things are salt in wounds
A soft empty beach at night 
Can greet shiny ripples in moonlight
Glimmers of hope can hang on
Like barnacles to the jagged rocks
Not letting go in rough weather
Hope rests in the quiet night
Where loneliness can also visit
Instead take your hand in mine
Tides do not deliver what we expect
It is about what we want to create
Like the painter on the shoreline
Brush in hand, painting a memory
As the sun rises upon our faces
In a new day that has only just begun

Heidi Sands
5/28/17

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Akkina Downing May 28, 2017 at 5:50 PM Miss Heidi, you have captured our breaths with such beauty here. Perfectly beautiful :) xoxo Heidi Sands May 28, 2017 at 6:05 PM Thank you so much Akkina :)

Anne-Lise Andresen May 28, 2017 at 2:05 PM - Heidi, you paint is beautiful poem - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Heidi Sands May 28, 2017 at 2:16 PM Thank you Anne-Lise :)

Tim Smith May 28, 2017 at 8:01 AM Wow Heidi..I love this...so many great lines...if I could uncurl the waves...what an image...one of your best ...a fave Heidi Sands May 28, 2017 at 8:22 AM Hi Tim. Thank you so much for your encouraging and supportive comment :)

Probir Gupta May 28, 2017 at 7:35 AM Splendid shift in the middle flowing into the nice ending ... Liked it ... Heidi Sands May 28, 2017 at 7:36 AM Thank you Probir. I appreciate your feedback :)