Quid Sum [Poetry]

Peace of the Sea

Thought I'd try something more cheerful for once. Not sure how well I pulled it off, but oh well. I think I leaned from the endeavor that I am not a cheerful-poetry person.

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I was a girl in a bountiful sea

With all of the world that was waiting for me.

The wind in my hair was calling to be

Free with me on the sea.

The ship at my feet flew me swift as a dove,

The skies were so clear with the sunshine above,

And I felt so at peace in the arms of my love,

Whose home was with me on the sea.

He showed me together away we could fly,

He showed me the families of fish swimming by.

He said that was us if I’d give it some time

As we sat tranquilly on the sea.

But the waves grew too high and washed us away

Far from the sunshine, far from the day,

Until we were gone, blown too far astray,

No longer to be on the sea.

The clouds hid the world from showing its face,

And I felt so alone in such a dark place,

And I lost the soft touch of my love’s sweet embrace,

As I wept miseries on the sea.

But the clouds someday left and faded from sight,

And somehow I felt the faint warmth of the light,

And someone appeared who seemed to delight,

At my smiling with glee on the sea.

The ship was worn out, but still she survived,

And I was so tired, but somehow alive,

And now that my love had finally arrived,

We rebuilt our home, free on the sea.