Sea\u2013Theme<\/p>\n
Awash the rocks with sea\u2013green kelp –
\nSea\u2013gulls\u2019 beaks yellow with sun
\nGlitter against sky and cloud.
\nWild ferns shake gently to and fro –
\nHigh into hills and faraway
\nWanders a moorland deep with mystery –
\nThe ocean frames it all, its movements
\nCaptured forever by the watching Moon;
\nWhose white, long fingers like stems of
\nShimmering flowers, touch wave and foam
\nTo vibrate as a salt-filled pulse –
\nTo quicken to life each sand-like seed
\nAnd then to free the overflow of
\nTiny fish and crabs and watery-spiders,
\nTo speed them all into sea\u2013shells
\nMade of pearls.
\nSea\u2013bright, sea\u2013song, sea\u2013magic –
\nFrom day, till night
\nAnd thro\u2019 the evil storm,
\nWhat organisms thrive inside your womb –
\nFrom your darkness what births and death –
\nWhat monsters and half-grotesques –<\/p>\n
Guide me across those pink-topped rocks,
\nBathe me with sea\u2013foam, let me glitter as
\nWhite-gull near blue fresh air.
\nLet me imagine sea\u2013gods loving sea\u2013girls
\nDeep in sand, covered with jewels, unknown
\nOn this desolate land.
\nCome, take me over waves bound for shore
\nFar from the roar of tainted cities –
\nOverwhelm me with sea\u2013might and sea\u2013saints,
\nLet me feel the passion of huge, endless waves –
\nAnd then the relief of sleep near warmed rocks –
\nI bend myself towards that perfect breeze,
\nThen on my knees face eternity –<\/p>\n
Deep-sea voices call –
\nThe evening star shines above –
\nCalm small bay, where hidden caves
\nKeep the voices\u2019 echo\u2019s clear and loud –
\nListen, hear the sea voices singing –
\nSongs of greeting –
\nBright, lovely voices –
\nVivacious in their offering –
\nFlow with sea\u2013words –
\nNothing flounders –
\nAll is for the hour –
\nSpecial, deep, proud –<\/p>\n
Rise with the wave, pale, white Moon –
\nTransform what was day to night –
\nMomentary in your perfect timing –
\nAnd yet everlasting –
\nEach sea\u2013bird to its nest –
\nEach sea\u2013ghost to his haunting –
\nEach wreath of sea\u2013grown flowers
\nA garland for the dead –
\nTo tame this ocean in the name of man
\nWho can? Who can?
\nThere is a trace of footprints in the sand
\nAnd beyond the cliffs if you care to stare
\nLong into space, liquid sea\u2013letters
\nWill appear written on air –
\nRead you first sea\u2013poem –
\nAnd find the soul\u2019s ancestry –
\nOverflowing on the sea\u2013face smile –
\nThen quietly walk away,
\nLeave the sea\u2013theme
\nTo the meeting of those whose kingdom
\nIs the Moon and night and splendid dreams.<\/p>\n
Sh\u00e4nne Sands<\/p>\n
from the selection The Silver Hooves published by FootSteps Press<\/p>\n
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