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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2006-08-01 08:14 AM

I’ve learnt like a seal to swim under sea
and commune with the spirit of soul
yet disaster befalls the creatures and me
in the everyday rise to logical thought
brutal and cruel in its need to be.

Over there or here internally
the gasp and splutter of one dismissed
hits the spot of deep empathy
and inveigles itself into consciousness
like a new born adorable puppy.

And I hold in my hands the feel
of that undersea current of love
not yet believed and forever unseen
by the rocks of stubborn denial
abiding within humanity.

Out from the dive and rise, you see
comes the twist of a skilled acrobat
entertaining logic and emotional feel
for forty-five minutes a set
until the light dims on mortality.

And the seal knows only of feel
in the blue, blue, beautiful sea!

Helen / 1 August 2006

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2006-08-01 10:54 AM

to heck with logical thought LOL

keep dreaming on

artexeres
Member

since 2006-08-01

Posts 156
south africa

2 posted 2006-08-01 11:09 AM

may life go to immortal life and the body to ashes. a nice deep and strong poem i liked it a lot

XOx Uriah xOX
Senior Member

since 2006-02-11

Posts 1403
Virginia

3 posted 2006-08-01 11:35 AM

::smiles:: I feel ya :: bows ::

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2006-08-01 12:01 PM

Dixie - thanks. Nothing ties up anyway so we might as well go with the dream.

artexeres - thank you from one South African to another.

Larry - thanks. Yeah - I feel me too!

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2006-08-01 03:37 PM

Helen....takes me to yesterday's Los Angeles times and the photo of a mother seals bite on her baby...a result of toxic ocean. Such precious creatures and precious the ocean that is there home!

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

6 posted 2006-08-01 04:10 PM

Took me under too.

Beautiful, Helen.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

7 posted 2006-08-01 04:34 PM

Martie - what a sad story but, of course, it isn't a story. It's a very real portrayal of mankind's cruelty and ignorance that will see the demise of the innocent.

Kate - thank you for journeying with me.

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