Single Wave

There's something so simple about a single wave

 

Single Wave

 

 

Molded swiftly of the sand

A straighter line does call the sky

To the realm of every land

A breaking point before the eye

 

Crashing as the wisdom heard

For thy foam does fill this sea

Spoken in a whispered word

Silently symphonic free

 

Caught between the roaring wave

This tide now plays its captured foe

Until the time of meetings made

Back to sea it now must go

 

Take away the sanded sheet

Place the greyest beach at bay

Shaded images deplete

Till nothing but the truth shall stay

 

Peaceful as is heavens gaze

Aqua lain atop the line

Clouded on this secret maze

Savored as is finer wine

 

Paste in shapes and colors bold

Dancing from thy fingers free

Elapsing time does now unfold

A single wave upon the sea

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[Dhaye]

Nice pic. I love outing on beaches. This poem is refreshing. You are talking about love here...on how it drowns the heart.

For me, there's something so simple about a wave. I remember the song "Who Am I" where the chorus says:
" I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A WAVE TOSSED IN THE OCEAN
A vapor in the wind
Still you hear me when I'm calling
Lord, you catch me when I'm falling
And you've told me who I am
I am yours"

I'm sorry if I deviated from your real concept here. It's Sunday, and I just can't help it to tell what that wave means to me. I am just a wave tossed in the ocean...
Thanks for sharing this.

[Jack...]

Thank you so much Dhaye, you have no deviated, in fact you have enhanced my poem.

[Ravyne Hawke]

This too me immediately to the Ocean and playing in her petticoats.. You've made me long for the beach. Well done with such beautiful language and images.

[Jack...]

Thank you so much Lori for you sweet words.

[LadySoDivine]

I love waves. I especially love the feeling of lying on a deserted beach with only the sound of waves keeping me company. I'm not a person who likes crowds, I prefer solitude and nature. This poem can take me to that empty beach and it makes me feel at peace. Wonderful work as always, Jack! :)

[Jack...]

Thank you so much my sweet friend.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

This reminds me of a time that I spent in Hawaii. I found this really out of the way, off the beaten track, beach and it was just a friend and I for as far as the eye could see. The ocean there was crystal clear and the waves rolled in just as you described...in a "single wave" fashion. You could see them coming for miles it seemed, but the rhythm was steady and smooth; one right after another. Anyway, this time (which was a beautiful time for me) was what came to mind when I read this piece, so thank you for that.

Beautiful words, beautiful imagery, and completely sensory in nature. Well done.

[Jack...]

Thank you so much my very good friend. I am happy to have brought back memories of good times to you. If those memories made you smile then I am smiling too.

[Kristin Lee]

I would so like to be wherever I could capture some of those waves right now :) Captivating write.

[Jack...]

Thanks so much Kristin

[Sami Khalil]

"Caught between the roaring wave
This tide now plays its captured foe
Until the time of meetings made
Back to sea it now must go"
All you need is that single roaring wave of love to drown you and her in the everlasting deep. Love comes in waves too so we have to wait until the proper time and the proper tide. A very good poem as far as images and flow and diction...:)

[Jack...]

Thank so much Sami. You are very true, love does come in waves and I love when it drowns me.

[Sami Khalil]

I hope you have the breathing gear...lol
You are welcome...:)

[Keith]

Enlightening feel good poem with a great sound. Thanks Jack.

[Jack...]

Thank you keith

[Rita L. Sev]

"Crashing as the wisdom heard..." We have much to learn from that single wave, it's way of being so gentle amid the wild crashes of its comrades. Nicely done, beautifully described.

That picture is beautiful, but that's no Jersey wave looking so blue!

[Jack...]

Thank you Rita. You are right, that is no Jersey wave.

[carol burgess romance]

I live near the ocean and have so often watched one single wave roll in, crest then swolowed by the sea...you have described it so perfect.

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much Carol. I just posted this and I appreciate your kind words.

[carol burgess romance]

You are very welcome