Saturday, May 24, 2025

OCEAN...




 “The waves of the sea, help me get back to me…” -Jill Davis

I remember those days, when  the ocean crackled over our feet,

pulling us down, down, down.....

Building castles along the shore.

Telling magical stories of imaginary sea monsters.....

..........splashing thru warm tide pools

Wondering where the mermaids were hiding.

Did they use sea urchins to comb their seaweed hair?

We sang silly  songs, standing on the edge of the abyss

Lapping at our bare feet.

Flinging froth at seagulls  flying languidly into the wind.

We breathed salt from the sea. Dreamed our childish dreams.

Skipped rocks. Chased surf bubbles along the sand.

Then collapsed  in a heap of kelp  

To watch the little  Sandpipers strut their stuff.

I remember sitting  quietly  on wind worn logs.

All those things...... 

when the sea calls my name again

And lo and behold, we’re children once more,

Wading in the water

Listening to it crackle like fire over the stones......

Photographs 2025  

  Tyee Spit, Discovery Passage, Quadra Island, Campbell River, B,C,


 

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