The Boundless Sea

Words...  Words...  Words...  What are mere symbols and shapes on paper to describe the shattering apparitions I have seen and the stinging sensations that have pierced my life’s shackled shadow?  Yet even as I weigh and measure these coarse characters on this page, pallid cold clouds swift over my remembrance. 

 

Pounding waves carry my intentions to sleep and baleful, thundering storms still wake me in the depths of the night while the echoes of the vanishing angel’s voice whisper on.  My mind now fills with the restless, boundless sea. 

 

Reefs of jagged, black rock rise like lone pillars.  Trying to crawl from underneath the swelling sea, they are ever forced adown under the relentless onslaught of the pounding green waves; deep green waves that rise up like arched wings, then fall and shatter upon themselves in foamy ruins.  Thus is my life, ever surrendered to the shifting waters. 

Author's Note

“O mar com fim será grego ou romano: O mar sem fim é português” – Fernando Pessoa

Reviews

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Enjoyed reading your very compelling work..A dark picture that reaches into the depths ..Sara

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you for your kind words, Sara... yes, this was originally voiced when my world was only darkness.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

I can feel the pain..Sara

[Dushyant Thadani]

I need to find the right words to compliment you on this write. Because I doubt there are any. This may feel like flattery but your writing uses a brush called Emotions, and you seem to be really at ease using it. The picture you create and the meaning you portray through your words is just extra ordinary. Really glad to read this poem.

[An owl on the moon]

Dushyant, it is such a deep blessing for me to have you back here at the Cafe... You always bring such light wherever you go... These are words that came from my first novel... when I was in a fierce darkness... and all I could do was claw at the world to try and reach the surface.

[Valentine]

Your wording is really warm and moving in this piece. Wonderful expressive write. Valentine

[SleeplessVolcano]

You paint such a picture of longing. Not merely of love, but the pain that often goes with it. The yearning of a love, or even, for a love, can be as consuming as the tides of the ocean, taking our hearts with it, each time the high water mark says, "Now".

Splendid writing!

[An owl on the moon]

I so deeply appreciate your words, and how you understood mine so well. Yes, I have found that the amount of pain that can be endured in loving increases by the depth of two people's love... an ocean of love can face an overwhelming ocean of tragedy... and how I long to dive deeper... Blessings, dear poet.

[Ruth]

Completely sailed through me...so beautiful but pauses life its very self...heavy with insight and such poetic balance, wow xo

[An owl on the moon]

Poppy, thank you so much... these words come from my Owl on the Moon... birthed during a time I was suicidal... a painful, questioning time. I deeply appreciate you and your lifting comments.

[Emberlorna]

The images are so vivid.. & hauntingly beautiful..
A very creative, deep and thought provoking piece.

[An owl on the moon]

Emberlorna, such a blessing to have you by again. Thank you. And this was from a deep, dark place in me. A haunted place...

[B]

Very poetic and extremely dreamy
Such a beautiful work of art

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you for your kindness and your presence here, Nisreenaa... Looking forward to reading your inspirations... :)

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

Sounds like a water dragon to me...hibernating under the sea....sleeping in the depths where he cannot be found or bothered until he is ready to be free. Even your darkness has intense strength!

[An owl on the moon]

Yes, there are places I have found... hiding places to renew my strength... and yet am so thankful to come up for air and find wondrous words of Wonderland from you. :)

[thewholesoul]

powerful stuff, what an opening too, loved it. very rich language with excellent imagry!

[An owl on the moon]

I thank you so deeply! Sometimes words flow from those dark, silent places...