Home Again
You have left me breathless
Like whale song, low, vibrant,
You resonate around me,
Sounding out the depths.
Strident, I press on, always
Splashing, flailing, sloshing about,
Toward some distant shore
As if it must be swiftly reached.
I should know by now, alack,
No sun-bleached beach can match
This liquid calm, this clinging balm,
This home, wherein I now lie.
Eyes still closed, I breathe out,
Relishing in the flow of our tide.
As the swell subsides, I'm sure
There's nowhere else I'd rather be.
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20 comments:
Lovely -- particularly the first stanza, a poem in itself. Well done!
Love these lines:
'No sun-bleached beach can match
This liquid calm, this clinging balm,'
I too think the first saaatnza is a poem on its own....
lovely work
awww...lovely ...yes once found it is hard to leave...smiles...as it should be....love the songs of whales...nice touch...
Nowhere I'd rather be either :)
Hey... you blog. =D I saw you on the list at the Willow Manor Ball and didn't know if you were gay. (The state of Carolina never entered my brain.) I can be really dense sometimes. And is Dana the Bug of A Bug's Eye View? I always liked her so much and wondered who she was really. Awesome!! =D I am laughing so much right now. My apologies dear friend. (swear words in my brain)
I love your poem. And I love the prompt. Those statues under the water are the very best protest against the policies of the PM of Canada. I would never vote for him... just to be clear.
Like Dana's poem, and by your title I am feeling a back to the womb comfort when I read through your lines. Serenely beautiful. Thank you for sharing this with me... the dodo brain.(no insult to you or extinct birds intended). I added your blog site to my list. The Bug is already on my list. I am livingintheeasternwoodlands@blogspot.com
Like whale song, low, vibrant,
You resonate around me...i like this a lot..there's such peace in this..finding home..enjoyed the warmth in this..
yep..love the whales ( they are in mine too!!) great magpie x
I adore that first stanza!
Lovely! Certainly, home is the best place to be! :)
This is beautiful..each stanza a jewel.
Toward some distant shore
As if it must be swiftly reached.
Sounds like home ended up being just fine after all. :)
Ah! WIthin the lines of your third stanza lies the key to contentment itself, realization of the beauty of the present. Marvelous piece! I thoroughly enjoyed your content and imagery. Thanks for this!
I realy liked the natural flow of this poem, no strain...clean.
This is an excellent Magpie.
This is really beautiful, Dr. L...
Really nice. I love the "breathless as whale song..."
=)
Superbly sung!
It is a wonderful descriptive work and I loved it! My favorite begins with "no un-bleached beach...," ending with "this home..." Very powerful.
I'm joining the chorus: the first stanza is exceptional. Breathtaking. The rest is pretty damned good!
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