Sapphire Dolphins and Aubergine Skies (The Shore of Three Oceans)

Perhaps mythical creatures really do exist — only beyond our mortality, beyond our dreams. Maybe they exist as "souls" — and only when we become souls can we exist with them.

The sun was slowly drowning itself into the deep, leaving me in a soliloquy once again. The wind swept through my hair as I gazed at the purple waters calmly colliding with the shore of three oceans, where a timeless memory echoes quietly...

 

You pulled me by the hand and held my waist, your body inclined towards mine. In a breath of a moment, I was poisoned by your venomous kiss, leaving me frozen underneath the cloudburst that drove the sea mad - the water snaked through the sand in cadence with the song of the thunder.

 

I was shivering in your frosty presence, drenched in the cascades of the somber clouds. And you haunted me with what I came to realize as our last embrace.

 

Amid the ardor we felt, we were both desolate. And nature felt our misery as told by the outraging poetry of the sky and the sea.

 

Before long, the great yellow ball of fire arose from the horizon, illuminating the shore of three oceans with its ardent beams.

 

The sapphire dolphins danced under the vast waters and through the salty midair. They had come to bring you back home. You are a creature of the sea, and you can not ever belong with me, my love, my prince.

 

You left, but the touch of your hand lingered on in my skin. I watched you descend into the depths as cold crystals fell from my eyes, blurring my vision of that fateful parting.

 

And from then on, I had told myself that you shall forever be a distant dream that took flight with the creatures of the depths. I urged myself to believe that you had always been unreal, mythical prince of the oceans, only a silent reverie isolated from the reach of an entity of the earth.

 

...I watched the dolphins play in the aubergine skies distortedly reflected on the serenity of the waves, colliding with the shore of three oceans. Suddenly, I felt a familiar frosty presence. I closed my eyes as I was poisoned by a soul-freezing kiss... His Highness still haunted me with his embrace.

 

I opened my eyes. A hundred eons it has been since I became the remnant of the soul of an earthen maiden that lived far beyond the dream of a dream. Realizing what I have become, knowing it was impossible to die again, I walked into the waters, dived with the dolphins and creatures that belonged to the love of my lonesome heart. As I flew through the water, a transformation took place without my knowing it. I was only a soul as I embraced the sea. Yet now that I am within the three oceans, no longer on their shore, I became a creature again, this time, one that belonged to the sea.

 

I kept on swimming through a world no mortal had ever lived in, and I saw a tower of light where merpeople played.

 

In the distance, I saw the prince. A hundred eons he had waited for me.

 

 

Written July 25, 2007 @ 11:00 PM © Maxinne Marie

 

Author's Note

Written for a photo challenge, but I've been so inspired lately that I came up with such an imagination when I saw that picture.

Reviews

[Rc R. Vagilidad]

"Realizing what I have become, knowing it was impossible to die again. I walked into the waters and dived with the dolphins and creatures that belonged to the love of my lonesome heart." -- work on technical strata. the pausing ( by the use of comma..or change it into ; ) notice i change just a bit of it. never mind if im wrong. feel free to ignore btw. hehe


".....distortedly reflected on the serenity of the waves" - i like the ironical speech figures, i presume it is not accidental to visualize a waving scheme as peaceful... hehe.. but presuming it is very provocative measure to write with.


over-all.. an outstanding piece.. i see this piece as a very wide in range if you to think the picture alone was the basis for it. exceptional imagination should i say. great. i would rather say youre a 'prose' with the mind.

[Clary Lopez]

Superb! Beautiful selection of words and metaphors crafted to perfection for our delight. You have an unbelievable talent. Thanks for sharing.

[Everyday Is Just Anothe..]

wow what an amazing picture you bring with your beautiful words. Brilliant prose.

[C. Marie Says, "do..]

this is just lovely, the imagery you paint. feels like a waterfall, soothing, as it sings a soft lullabye.

[Celtic Cat]

Maxinne, what a lovely story you weaved to go with the picture. I saw this pic/contest myself and must say I'd have never taken the story there! I absolutely love it. So great. You're an excellent writer, in my humble opinion. : ) Thanks for sending this on - great read!! Your words are very soothing in this peace and I felt tranquility while reading it, despite the heartache displayed. Lovely.

[Barry S. Maltese]

Nicely written, laiden with lovely imagry, you bring the veil of reality into question. What is real?! Maybe dreams and mythology do exist in some form that we can not fathom just yet.
Nice work. Very enjoyable.

[Brian]

This is a beatifully written poem of great depth and dimension. It transcends our everyday notions of love, existence and life itself.

[1809 Black Plague Decem..]

I really love this prose. I like the idea that we cannot coexist with what we so much search for, and in the end your character finds it, :O)

mimi

[Arlene Fleisher]

This was a very intense and interesting poem for me. I generally don't read poems of this style. Time for something different, eh? :) I saved it to my reading list so I can better absorb it later when I'm a little more awake (waking up at 3am takes its toll by the end of the week).

I hate to admit it but there are parts where I got a bit confused... but... I really liked this line:
"You left, but the touch of your hand lingered on in my skin. I watched you descend into the depths as cold crystals fell from my eyes, blurring my vision of that fateful parting." :)

Thanks for sending me this.

[Selena Chapman]

I read this amidst the crashing of thunder and the bright bolts of blue lightning that danced in my garden, warm and safe from the storm. A fitting ambience, I think. This is lovely, Maxinne, a tale older than the hills and the souls of men. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[Maxinne Marie]

Suddenly, I felt a familiar frosty presence. I closed my eyes as I was poisoned by a soul-freezing kiss� His Highness still haunted me with his embrace. -Speaks about nostalgia, feeling as if her love was haunting her. =]