a muddy eddy
clay river banks
an earthy aroma
wafts in the warm air
digging my fingers
into silty soil
resting my head
on a rotting log
as the stream flows
over my worn feet
i'm piling mud
plastering it over
mossy boulders and
lichen trunks
trying to bury
the memories of waves
dunking my head
into the cloudy stream
the taste of salt
lurking in my mind
submerging my body
deep into the murk
a cemetery of
rotting twigs leaves
trying to rinse
the briny scent
of these ocean memories
of you and me
but underneath
in muddy depths
amongst the carcasses
of decayed branches
a tangle of lily roots
glimmering life
in a moldering eddy
so i rise
up to the glimmering
sun dance of
this peaceful eddy
hoping to see
blossoming water lilies
life blooming in the shadows
but it was too late
the salt seeped out
soft pink lavender purple
water lilies wilting
floating on the surface
before sinking under
joining the graveyard
of decayed willow leaves
and time stood still
stirring of life desolate
as my saline streams
of unforgiven memories
poisoned this haven
where the water lilies blossom.
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Ocean Spirit
Poetryocean spirit - thousands of ocean fireflies glisten as waves crash like fallen stars | Featured on Wattpad's StoriesUndiscovered List | | 1st Place in the Oasis Awards | | 1st Place in the Vintage Awards | | 1st Place in the Allen's Awards | | 2n...
