Couldn’t stand long enough;
Barefoot on shore.
The cool summer breeze;
Urging spirit to soar.
The spirit insistent;
On being left free.
Mourn uninterrupted;
Under shade of tree.
The voice of the sea;
Speaks to the soul.
Its touch sensuous;
Into silence enfold.
Fragments of sea glass;
Washed by the ocean.
Thus denoting;
The soul’s emotion.
Its time to withdraw;
Step into the light.
To leave from shore;
Time struck midnight.
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This is just beautiful, lulling like the sea. Rhyme works well for you here.
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Inspiration goes from seashore…you connect all elements in One, nice use of Neruda’s words….
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Yes, it does carry the rhythm of the sea…beautiful.
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Oh you make me long for the sea-shore.. and to stand there with my toes in the water… wonderful
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enjoyed the rhymtic almost lulling narritave voice, and then the sharp intrusion of time
much love…
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A seashore can be a clamming place indeed and the song of the winds and waves peaceful to ears…………
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Beautiful write.
Thanks for your kind comment.
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Within your poem I feel the waves of the sea , the darkness and light it woes the spirit to express. Beautiful
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Very soothing, Sanaa. I too hated that it was over, I had to leave.
But I didn’t I read it some more times. My favorite verse was
“The voice of the sea;
Speaks to the soul.
Its touch sensuous;
Into silence enfold.”
My feelings. Thank you.
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I like this, and i like that it is gentler than most of the entries. That’s to be expected and looked forward to, when visiting your blog, Sunny.
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I especially love the sea glass, the comparison to the soul. As others have said, peaceful, lulling like the sound of ocean, and with both sunlight and shadow.
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The insertion of the sea glass (a reference to time) is beautiful and indirectly the answer to really any sadness (mourning) is sometimes just that … time. This is beautiful.
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Beautiful, with a very cool closing line.
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Ah yes, nothing quite like the sea! You express this beautifully, and remind me it’s time I went to visit my nearest ocean again.
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The sea glass moving to soul is a wonderful comparison–softened, transluscent–thanks, Sanaa–a feeling of shore here. k .
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“The voice of the sea”. I could hear the waves in this line…
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As Shay notes, your pen does follow your pen name, and for that I’m thankful that you added your voice ~
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Such a pretty picture you paint with your words. I especially like the sea glass image.
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Never too late for the beach! It is my favorite place to be. Lovely poem.
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