The Ocean Sings My Peace

 

Sounds of the ocean’s movement

Become the acoustic guitar

In my head

While I build a castle

Upon the shoreline

Just so time can

Wash it away

Like tears falling on wet ink.

Smudged lyrics are as useful

As a seagull eating from my hand.

Listening to the only

Seashell upon this shore

Brings only thoughts

Of a lonely wind blowing

A tumbleweed through

A ghost town I’ve never been.

Each footprint I leave

In the sand

Is a memory distorted

By dreams of strangers.

Retreating to the water

Is a baptism for me

As I breathe in the pain,

Exhale my fears

And a wait nightfall

So the moon can sing my requiem

In the form of a wave

That brings me closer to nature.

 

Reviews

[SpokenWord]

It is really cool to read a writer over time and whitness their style and poetry change and grow molding into art and creation. As I read your work I see so much growth in your work, your pen is so sensual now and so refined and your work is very polished to the point of being artistic and beautiful. Yes I loved this poem it is inspirational. Great write.

[alexlessah]

very nice i love this so very deep in thought.

[Tommy]

I haven’t spent a lot of time at the ocean; there is a surreal feel to the images in this, yet it could very well be plucked from a day at the beach. Sand castles, and seashells calling, footsteps chased by memories, Great feel!

Great Write!
RLG,
Tommy

[Another Relic]

Very deep in thought and imagination. Really cool too. ha Excellent work.

[Erotic Goddess]

Finding what we are looking for isn't always easy....sometimes we never even come close to getting what we want...or even what we need. The rhythm was beautiful in this and I enjoyed it.

xxoxx

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

Dale, this is just beautiful. Your images , descriptions are so good.
The poem is melancholy in my reading .
Such a wonderful poem!

Chloe

[Kerry O'Connor]

Smudged lyrics are as useful
As a seagull eating from my hand...

Wow! Dale, I think this is my very favourite of yours. Excellent mood piece, with beautiful descriptions.

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

Wow - alluring, compelling and sad all at once. The last few lines are particularly moving as are the descriptions of the sea and its surroundings about you.
Light,
Siddartha

[Sheila Kline]

Breathtaking......wonderful! I love the last two lines,

In the form of a wave
That brings me closer to nature

Your thoughts speak to my heart! I love the ocean and its special sounds, its pull on my spirit. You have taken its power and transformed it from shoreline to your poetic penn!! The waves are formed yet higher with your creative talent!!

[Beautifully Tragic xPoe..]

Loved this write about one of my favorite places in the world, the ocean. Very inspirational, Cowboy!

[Liza]

OMG - As Randy on Idol would say "You slayed it dawg"

I'm just amazed at your talent - thank you for sharing these intimate words with us..and bringing us closer somehow to mother nature.