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2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

0 posted 2014-12-25 04:21 AM

To observe the sea is a beautiful play for
the mind,it imposes the reassurance, forces
the look in the invisible details, the
enumeration of odd Rocks, the height of breakers,
The taste of the foam,
little common parameters lead you
to forget the speed where everyone waste the essential,
to see the sea open any sorts of windows in my soul …

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2014-12-25 05:11 AM

If I lived by the ocean I would certainly open the window, yann. Actually we are about 30 miles from the ocean here.
Ida

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2014-12-25 10:31 AM

I was born in a land locked place, and it was strange when I found myself working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico for so many years. I learned to like and respect the sea for what it was.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

3 posted 2014-12-25 12:38 PM

Sailed on it for a couple years - aircraft carrier:
lived in the middle of it - Guam:
almost drowned in it a couple of times:
swam and fished it it more times than I can count -
the Pacific anyway:
and have always felt the pull of it's tides
in my blood.

Awesome place -

The Sea, The Sea, The Salty Sea

Guide me to an ocean,
cleanse my feet with salty spray,
hold me back from the sirens call,
enticing me to join her,
this foam-flecked day

Guide me to an ocean
with waters of deepest blue,
on dolphin backs I'll skim the waves,
till the sunlit sky fades . . .
and turns its darkest hue.

Guide me to an ocean
lay my bones at the bottom of the sea,
sail with me on a ship of souls,
skimming the bottom restlessly.

The sea, the sea,
the salty sea,
the only home for me.

© wesley james beard, jr.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2014-12-25 05:57 PM

quote:
to forget the speed where everyone wastes the essential,
to see the sea open any sorts of windows in my soul …

Exquisitely expressed, dear Yann. Profoundly beautiful. The sea is perfect for introspection and it always inspires, also to see beyond the horizon.

I also loved Jimmy's contribution.

Love,
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

5 posted 2014-12-26 02:05 AM

Hello ida, it is not so far for a trip or two in the month, I guess, the sea realy chnges the soul and Worth the trip, thanks for the comment

yann

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

6 posted 2014-12-26 02:06 AM

thanks Jerry,the anecdote is meaningful, and enlinghtning
yann

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

7 posted 2014-12-26 02:08 AM

thanks jwesley, your poem is beautiful and deep, i mean it express passion and love for the ocean, i understand your various sentiments for the ocean with sympathy,

yann

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

8 posted 2014-12-26 02:11 AM

thanks Margherita, your words mived me with poetry and emotion, i am glad you loved the poem (in prose)

yann

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

9 posted 2014-12-30 06:35 PM

Both your title and your message have a calming effect.

Lovely thoughts islander, and so true to your namesake.

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

10 posted 2014-12-30 11:20 PM

well said indeed !

There is always grandest magic and mystery in the boundless sea ...

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

11 posted 2015-01-04 01:43 PM

Yann, this is so beautifully open souled writing I thoroughly enjoyed.
What a beautiful powerful creature the sea!
Love it!

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

12 posted 2015-01-21 03:53 PM

very nice...james

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

13 posted 2015-01-21 07:30 PM

thanks blue serenade, o try to fo that sometimes for protecting my soul, nice comment indeed

yann

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

14 posted 2015-01-21 07:31 PM

thanks secondhanddreamer, for reading
yann

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

15 posted 2015-01-21 07:33 PM

thanks ethome for appreciating my look of the sea, something philosophical and necessary for me,

have a nice day

yann

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

16 posted 2015-01-21 07:34 PM

thanks james for reading

yann

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