The mighty sound of the ocean
may be captured by the conch
shell or perhaps the previous
resident left a gift for the
recipient to listen in wonder
© January 2012 Renee Espriu
This is my submission for January 8, 2012 Small Stones on Writing Our Way Home at http://writingourwayhome.ning.com
Let thy spirit soar to
skies toward the clouds
to play on high
Capture sun rays on
spirit wings to glisten
where the birds do sing
Then will it toward the
earth to fall to speed
along earthen vale
That nature wrought with
love and might where your
spirit doth takes flight
Then direct your path to
oceans wide to collect
the sea salt in the tide
Take there your written
words abide within the
tides of time reside
Your spirit belongs to
you alone loving all
earth above and below
©January 2012 Renee Espriu
Inspiration struck when I visited my friend’s site in New Zealand and viewed a video she posted there called 2012 Year of Power. Thank you Marja for a beautiful site filled with ideas of wonder. I invite you to go to her site and see this video. See http://dutchcorner.blogspot.com and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Walking along the sandy beaches
wind pushing against her like
swimming against the current
she is reminded of childhood
gone as though memories spent
when each day meant another
Sand making its’ way into her
shoes, into her clothes pulled
close around her as she hugs
herself closely, eyeing the
waves crash, incoming tides
leaving seaweed in her midst
Impressions of footprints she
leaves follow her briefly to
be washed away by salty brine
as the tears quickly mix with
ocean spray to erase all time
of a sun’s warming afterglow
The day sets quickly behind a
horizon displayed of reflected
colors on a watery ocean glass
rendering her figure merely a
dark silhouette lost to a past
as the sea reclaims the shore
© November 2011 Renee Espriu
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