The Long Call of the Sea
It’s the call of the sea – it’s a salty
howl of winter that sets my pulse
to fitful flight. I was born to the sea.
Not on it, or by it, or near it, although
all these are true, but born to it
like an artist is born to paint.
We are of the same tilt, the same ilk.
It tastes the same as the wet beads
on my arm or the sting of my tears.
We are of the same godly creation,
and when we lose sight of each other,
I hear it calling me through long
cresting waves – cries of a lost child –
and that’s when I return fleet of heel,
flying straight and steely into its swell,
returning on my Icarused wings.
.
.
.
Margo’s Tuesday Tryout: Let’s Fly
http://margoroby.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/tuesday-tryouts-lets-fly/
Ahh! Nice. While I feel a passionate and wayward love for the desert, it is the sea, or ocean, that calls.
Rereads beautifully.
Thanks, Margo. For once I don’t think I’ll tweak this one.
Gosh, I haven’t posted the link to your TT’out. I’ll do that now. Thanks again for reading it.
I too am a water baby…I can so relate to this verse of yours. Though I’m not near enough to the ocean as I’d like to be. I do at least have a creek in my back yard.
Thanks for visiting and checking out my Tuesday Tryout piece. I think I did a retro…and tapped into ‘teen angst’.
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment on mine. Very much appreciated, Jules. Oh …. and there’s nothing like a bit of primordial teenage angst to get the ink flowing!
I love this – yes, water is my element, and I had the happiest time learning to dive in the tropics. My childhood, too was beside the Thames, and thank goodness I can see a little river from our hilltop home.
I spent a good part of my childhood in and around water, same for Peder, so we always gravitate to the sea when possible. As matter of fact, we spent our honeymoon (years and years ago) on the Pacific coast in the midst of February storms. It was cold and exhilarating!
I really enjoyed this !! So many of us are drawn to “The Long Call of the Sea”
I’m glad that you enjoyed it, and thank (as always!) for supporting my little poems.