Only The Good Times

The Atlantic Ocean has been a constant in my life.

photo courtesy of dreamstime.com

 

 

 

 

 

Your depth can not be measured
          you smooth operator you
yet it is perhaps that uncertainty
drawing me into your whirlpool
    right now
as day opens the door to a sultry dusk

 

Since forever you have been mine
I never needed a Moon River
and Old Man River was not my type
                              I only wanted you
and your waters took me places
I had only heard about in stories
ones I remember so well
and will live on infinitum

You watched
as I created dream castles
on your shoreline
first in Jersey
       then in Florida

then taught me nothing lasts forever
as you grabbed freshly built towers of wet sand
in your mighty arms and threw them to a place
I would imagine that night

 

It was always you
my constant
no matter where I roamed

 

Memories wash to your shores
some now wracked with seaweed
and shattered shells
but tonight
my mighty Atlantic Ocean
with a toe kissed by your surging tide
I draw a smile in the sand
and remember
only the good times

Reviews

[Willard Wells]

Sounds like moving on after your love destroyed your life. Build over and the face in the sand. I am a big fan of water and have spent my time in and near it. Luckily I have been in less severe situations. I am glad you are safe and writing since you write beautiful words of imagery. Thank you for sharing. And yes I went back in your file a bit.

[Lydia Shutter]

No, not a moving on really. Just about my love for the ocean and how it has always been a part of my life...through the good and difficult times. I am fortunate I live in South Florida so I am very close to the beach. Thanks for the review....I like it when people read some of the older poems. Lydi**

[Willard Wells]

Because of storms there I added to it that you loved the water but you still had to face it's rage and you still go on smiling because of your love of the ocean. But hell I wasn't there hahaha

[Lydia Shutter]

:) I am appreciative of the time you took to read me!

[Distantview123]

An imaginative poem, full of strong imagery. The subject matter is easy to take at face value, but this has allegorical connotations of love too, for me. There is great joy in the lines, but some sadness too. A highly poetic and expressive write, Lydi. ~ Robert.

[Lydia Shutter]

It's wonderful how you really get into the meaning of my words....I appreciate that. Thanks, Robert. Have a good evening. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

a very breezy love poem, in some ways much more sensual than a poem about loving a person...

nature gives us much to keep close to the skin and the heart.

[Lydia Shutter]

Indeed, Jacob. Thank you for reading and commenting. Lydi**

[Angi]

I always long to be close to the water. I am horribly land~locked right now. This piece reads like you are talking to a lost lover (and perhaps you are) The flow and crash of that salty water can heal or harm as it pleases. We are always drawn back, though. Lovely poem, Lydi. Angi~

[Lydia Shutter]

I've always lived fairly close to the Atlantic and when I voyaged from Holland with my family, we sailed the Atlantic. Just like music accompanies our lives, the Atlantic has accompanied mine. Thanks for your comments, Angi. Lydi**

[MsJewel]

Oh Lydi..you have outdone yourself here. You are an artist painting the most wonderful images with your words. This is lovely. May an ocean of memories keep you drawing smiles in the sand! :) Julie

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you so much, Julie. I know the Pacific has the same effect on you. Lydi**