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Open Poetry #11

Gaia's Womb

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2000-12-20 01:48 PM

Gaia's Womb

Resting,
sitting on the beach,
where the waves ebb and flow,
their liquid warmth slowly
pulling sand from beneath me,
gently lowering me
to a place where sand and sea are one,
returning what once was it's own
back to whence it came;
Gaia's womb, calling me home.

Watching seagulls
wheel and turn,
their raucous laughter
boldly taunting all they see,
masters of air,
wavetops too…
wish they were me.

A fiddler crab,
eyeing me,
daring me to chase him down,
just me and him,
a game of tag,
his huge, waving claw,
beckoning,
beckoning…
much as the sea
is calling me.

I feel the tides
within my bones,
the ebb and flow
of life itself,
daily rituals
that come and go,
with every breath,
I know.

Slowly I stand,
looking out to sea,
hearing the waves
calling to me;
but today I refuse
it's symphony,
it's with family
and friends,
I would rather be.

w. james beard, jr.
© December 2000

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

1 posted 2000-12-20 01:56 PM

James,
what beautiful sentiments about home and family you have expressed here, smoothly done.

Write on
Kethry

Religion is for people frightened about going to hell - Spirituality is for people who have been there. Anon.

inot2B
Member Elite

since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas