Oceans are calm tonight

Life across the waterways

Oceans are calm tonight
The moon is full, gleaming
Upon the water ways
The cliffs of the coast, lighted
Glistening by a lighthouse
A flicker of light across an ocean
An immense light across a tranquil inlet
By the window, stand, feel the night air
Oceans spray lifts your spirits
Where the ocean meets the land
Stand quietly, listen, hear the roar of the ocean
Stones clash to and fro,
As the tides begins for the day
With rhythmic motions, slowly turning
With an eternal emptiness

Wind swept oceans
Create untold drama from long ago
Each sweep of tide flows into your mind
Stories of human misery, swept to the floor of the ocean
Sounds and thoughts, flood the floor of the ocean

With oceans calm
Tonight the ocean is strong
Have faith, the ocean will hold you steady
Nature of the ocean, lay in fold around the earth
Now hear the long roar of the ocean retreating
The breath of the wind, as it edges it way
Across the worlds oceans

The world lies before us, so vast and new
Wind swept oceans, confused of many battles
Stories of loves lost, beautiful and new
Sometimes swept away

 (c)bj

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

its all that for sure...i have a few wonderful memories of the ocean ....always vast and overwhelming, inspiring calm and wonder for me... and so your poem!
E.

[B.J]

Memories from when I follow the coast as much as I could a few short years ago around Australia

[Einstein Noodle]

now i'm jealous .. Australia is my 2nd top dream trip ..Ireland and Scotland together being my top ..love and joy to ya!

[B.J]

You make me smile, Ireland, Scotland, are on a list of things for me to do, somewhere down the track. My first dream is to do a trip find the link and check it out. The middle of Australia on the Ghan http://www.greatsouthernrail.com.au/trains/the_ghan/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwyozABRDtgPTM0taCrKsBEiQATk6xDlVZkyjNwxFw7oOYeg0JGq5CW30gMgg99zvMV_-imzAaAuvr8P8HAQ

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks for the link ..i bookmarked it to keep the dream alive :) never would have occurred to me that such a ride by train was available .. seems we are kindred travel spirits eh!?

[B.J]

It keeps me alive my dreams. There is a fascinating history to the Ghan

[Einstein Noodle]

:) .............

[Valentine]

This sounds like a place I would like to be at and experiencing the vastness of it all. Nice write. Valentine

[B.J]

Tank you so much for your kind words

[Butch Decatoria]

I too also awe at such vast calm. Great write.

[B.J]

Thank you so much for your comment