As I sat looking at the sea,
The sea was looking back at me.
“Tell me, O man,” it seemed to say,
“Where would you like to go today?”
“I’d like to be inside a shell,
a full sail rising in a swell,
a shark fin slicing through a wave,
a sea-snake lurking in a cave!”
The sea then laughed
“That’s quite a list!”
and clothed me
with a kissing mist,
And plucked me from
the sitting rock,
and took me
from the safety dock,
And gave me
all I did desire
of fish, and fowl
and ocean fire
And showed me wonders
floating by
not seen before with
Human eye.
“Reach out,” it said,
“and touch and feel
the shimmering coral,
the shocking eel,
the slick grey dolphin
playing there,
the breaching whale
that tastes the air,
“And in the darkness
of my floor
are creatures
best not counted for…”
And as the sun set,
then the sea
released its hold,
and set me free.
And sprayed my cheek,
and went its way.
So I remember
to this day
When I sat looking
at the Sea,
and in its depths,
discovered
Me.
Stunning!
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Thank you, sir. It actually interrupted my working on something else. Felt like a download, almost. Weird. Wonderful, but weird…
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