The Tube

The Tube

Tide-born, this is what it means

To be one with your board

One with the sea

One with your heart

One with all that is

And ever will be

 

Tide bound,

You breathe in the salt

Pass your hands through

And in a silent prayer

Wish want and hope that

this goes on forever

with all that is yours

and mine and everyone’s

 

and the sea gave you wings

to fly away from here

to save you from your demons

and after the height of

a cosmic heartbeat

shouting a base for your body

and nature to flow

another swell dies

from this world

and into yesteryear 

Reviews

[Horizon K.]

I really enjoyed this. I love the ocean, there is such a connection, a meditative feel to its constant beat, ever lapping waves, whether afloat upon it or just gazing at it... and you can lose yourself in it, so that everything else seems so small and insignificant. Yes, I love the ocean, and this poem as well....

[Hadeel ( Charming Fairy..]

I like it i didn't know you like surfing :) this is another side of Deron
but the way you described the whole experience was amazing !!

[Deron Alexis]

thanks you know I only body board where I come from you need a long board to actually surf and well its rather expensive

[Hadeel ( Charming Fairy )]

I see :)

[gombeggar]

good nod to the love of surfing

[Deron Alexis]

XD

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really like the analogy of life to riding that certain wave.

the dangers, the thrills, the ups and downs, trying to stay balanced...as we do try to in life.

not only liked the poem but found myself humming "pipeline" by the chantays while i was reading it.

[Deron Alexis]

lull really if my writing can make one sing i've done my job right glad you liked it yes surfing is like life or is life like surfing either way we go up down and wait then swim out for the next adventure well said friend

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Trinidad and Tobago?

my folks lived there for two and half years in the early seventies.

i visited them and we spent a few days in tobago each time i went...snorkeling there was amazing.

beautiful islands.

[Deron Alexis]

thanx we've changed allot since then you should come this month for the carnival

[Frieda P]

Love the freedom and the motion that you've captured in this one Deron, could be a metaphor for life. The last thought left me thinking, waves, just as our days and memories fade into yesterdays waiting for the next crush to come us over. Really enjoyed this, I love the sea, give me a read about it and I'm hooked.

'another swell dies
from this world
and into yesteryear'

Nice one!

[Deron Alexis]

thanx really it took minds like you guys to apply it to life but its true just as with any thrill in life you have this magic in the wave when you touch the pipe and then the swell goes down and ...its gone its what gets us going back for more lovely review Frieda I'll write more about the sea I'm a sailor at heart myself my dad had a boat once you know something about the salty air its good for you XD