I’ve often stood here,
Seeing the glass,
Mystique
Is nature’s remedy
A soft whispering cacophony
Waves sing forever,
In the trees they are listening,
Chanting,
Living in sweet serenity
Oh to know the mystery
What lies ahead
Is in the arms of a cradled soul
So distant yet near
We are all inside memory.
A shadowy horizon
The eye is lost in fantasy
The beauty of time
I’ve often stood here
Lake Superior 4/1/2015
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The trance of your cadence is marvelous
steady, always climbing silent new walls
yet we might hear your cry to recall us
a treat to our eyes, with each white cap falls
~
upon rock, mixing soil, leave sign of rife
battle internal released in shallow.
Long ago mothers recall quiet life
with now a soul you garnered in gallows,
~
scream wind a spiritual compass within
leaves our naked eyes curious while we seek
new lives, next days, in sound waves to begin
stronger response in Her grasp of the meek.
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Share this wonder rampant in earthly rhyme
Our heartbeat will you gracious measure time
Recently a suggestion was made
I suppose the human condition was at play
We explored a society
Our world as we live today.
With so much pain across the planet
It is sometimes a wonder if we truly
Love one another.
My world exists in a sea
With every wave I travel,
I experience a new
Shall we say, depth.
As my body drifts in the open water,
I suddenly am compelled to
Embrace the current
Sweeping my body further into an abyss
Or slapping me back to shore.
We have many read the story
An elder rather seasoned man
Fighting for his own life
Struggles against the current
The true Nature of the sea,
Only to return to land
Empty-handed but free.
Perhaps he knew then
while surveying skeletal remains,
Life was too short to not
Love one another.
As I fight my life and spirit
Inside the ocean waves,
I do know there will be
Some pleasant soul,
Perhaps not of our world,
Yet so ethereal,
A welcome surreal experience,
Who might be far ahead
While the human condition does battle
With our saving grace, that is, to
Love one another
