Salt Water

Salt Water

A Poem by gcp
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Night Swimming

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The beachfront is strange in the dark - you can hardly see the sand or the sea and it looks like the world just ends - I walked out into the sea last night - it was f*****g freezing - I like the way the waves hit my body - I like the power of it - the way it pushes me -  sometimes I could love the sea - dark, cold, indifferent to how I feel - and yet - I like the way it touches me - the way it holds my body and sucks me down into some other world.


Sometimes I’d like to go down - let the salt water in my mouth - I could go down and never come up again…


I held my breath until it burned in me and I surfaced coughing water - I left my clothes on the rocks - and when I came out the wind was even colder than the sea - I had to wait for ages for the night to dry my body - I didn't want to dress while wet and get the sand and salt water in my clothes - I sat naked on the rocks looking at the sky and I thought of you - of the dirty little words that we share - they kept me warm.

© 2013 gcp


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A. Love the theme. I'm a nautical man - I often write about the sea and such, and I really like what you're doing here with the scene.

B. I love the reflection. You really get specific and I feel like I'm there at the beach at midnight.

Skinny dipping in the ocean at night is something only the youth can do! And even then, it's a little nuts cause it's FREEZING!!!

I really enjoyed the way it ended - it wraps up nicely.

Some things could perhaps be cut out (like "wait for ages") but overall I dug it.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

gcp

11 Years Ago

AWw thanks - I'm glad it stuck a chord :) Yeah - it can be really cold - but that's part of the fun.. read more



Reviews

A. Love the theme. I'm a nautical man - I often write about the sea and such, and I really like what you're doing here with the scene.

B. I love the reflection. You really get specific and I feel like I'm there at the beach at midnight.

Skinny dipping in the ocean at night is something only the youth can do! And even then, it's a little nuts cause it's FREEZING!!!

I really enjoyed the way it ended - it wraps up nicely.

Some things could perhaps be cut out (like "wait for ages") but overall I dug it.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

gcp

11 Years Ago

AWw thanks - I'm glad it stuck a chord :) Yeah - it can be really cold - but that's part of the fun.. read more
Very sensual and calming, the rythym of the ocean, constant and pure...the darkness, endlessly staring off into nothing, alone in person but not in the heart. Very nice.

Posted 11 Years Ago


gcp

11 Years Ago

Awww thank you. I'm glad you liked it. There's something very special about the ocean - but it's har.. read more
Jack...

11 Years Ago

I believe it is the unknown, we can see it, taste it and touch it but do we really know it...that is.. read more
gcp

11 Years Ago

Yeah - I think you're right there. :)

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Added on March 11, 2013
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Tags: sea, water, night, swimming, ocean, salt, dirty, romance, hope, drowning, power

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gcp

Spain



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