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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2009-08-20 08:40 AM

The sea came in from way out there
where love’s a stable entity
to tell of many grandiose things
and the beauty of it all.

But the shore possessed of seashells, grit,
and discarded human garbage
could not absorb or understand
the sea’s need and wish to be
the bearer of good tidings.

Sea stayed a moment, just a bit,
before the toss and turn
that forevermore will silence
the tongue of one who loves.

Forevermore’s the damndest thing;
it’s how ever long it needs to be
but I know the sea and how she moves
along the grid of her beliefs.

She believes, you see, in evermore
and how what is remains to be
a memory not ere expunged
with the changing of the tide.

And the grid is one straight line
not curled and intertwined
like waves that come again, again,
unto that selfsame shore.

The sea, the sea, may she not be
one to rest amongst the grit!

Helen / 20 August 2009

Oklahoma Rose
Senior Member

since 2008-02-28

Posts 1586
Oklahoma USA

1 posted 2009-08-20 09:28 AM

Honeybunch, this is the most beautiful poem. I once believed in forevermore. That was blown away with the wind.

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

2 posted 2009-08-20 11:56 AM

Hi, Honey! I enjoy your "sea" poems ~ whether they be literal or metaphorical.

"the sea’s need and wish to be
the bearer of good tidings."

~ Clever wording.

~ and may it "tell of many grandiose things
and the beauty of it all, as it rolls onto your sublime shore.

It's good to read you again, Helen!

God bless you!

Linda

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2009-08-20 12:06 PM

"Forevermore's the damndest thing;
It's however long it needs to be." Love it.
Ida

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

4 posted 2009-08-21 12:38 PM

Hello Hellen...The sea is lovely to look at from your eyes.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2009-08-21 01:20 AM

Thanks so much, everyone! Yes, the sea and the shore - I wonder how many stories are yet to come of two together but apart. Depends on the story teller I suppose and whether or not life steps in to interfere. I've no doubt that it will because it always does but then again, what are story tellers if they cannot resist ... evil?

Hugs
Helen

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