Abandon

 

Luminous light adorns the horizon as Dawn  

lends her warmth to the storm-ravaged sea.

 

Tempestuous waves of the fore-night, now tame,

roll their way to the shore, then in silence recede.

 

I stand alone with bare feet in the sand and seek

comfort from the cold ocean water’s caress.

 

By turns, my troubles I cast to the surf and then

pray that this time they, too, will regress.

 

The salt of my skin meets the cool ocean spray;

they unite as warm tears stream down my face.

 

I walk away quickly, leaving behind sorrow and

my memories for the sea to erase.

Reviews

[Captain Blackheart (The..]

A wonderful image you paint, my fav lines are -

I stand alone with bare feet in the sand and seek
comfort from the cold ocean water's careses

Wonderful!!!

[James K. Blaylock]

This is really beautiful. I write so much about the wonders of the sea, myself. I truly loved it.

[Snow White Queen]

This is beauriful, the imagery is great.

[~crazy Beautiful~]

This is wonderful all around, the visuals the message the overall relaxing meaning . I especially felt drawn towards the idea of casting away your problems.
The calmness of the earth to bring inner calmness to the soul.
Creative and beautiful piece
thank you for entering my contest

[dEj]

Gorgeous write! Great flow and vivdly soft words.
And a lesson so few seem to understand....
We all endure sorrows and tragedy, unavoidable by the inexorable process of life, but we need not dwell and harbor them, turning to darlness, but rather take them to a place of beauty and release them to time.

Very Moving. A Favorite to be certain.

blessings, david

[Prince of Poetry]

yeah great picture of a woman on the beach and the tides flowing up to her feet while the tears run down her face then to jus turn and leave all your troubles for the tide to take...I like It actually love it...

[Emily B]

Beautiful images. Reminds me of a scenic ainting.

[Mystic Dreams]

You write about pain so well - again mixing human emotion with nature. The cross over of the two paints a beautiful picture. Wonderful imagery. And I hope the sea has done its job and rid you of your sorrow.

Hugs

Mystic

[Yvonne Heidt]

I agree, Tania. The writing is wonderful in it's imagery. Beautiful job.

[*~Imperfectly Me~*]

Great imagery! you really are talented with painting a pictures.... Great job!

[Roy]

Very beautiful and poignant. Eloquently spoken. This is one of my favorites of yours.

Roy

p.s. Hey, these things must be true about your poem because I just scrolled down and saw that "Sweet Peaches Always" chose almost the exact same words to describe your poem...how funny.