Wednesday 2 March 2016

Saline dreams...







Saline, close to the skin;

Close to memories---

Deep, enigmatic,

Taking toward forest rains,

Deep, dark moss covered trees and

Toward lost walkways of yesterdays,

Toward glimmering deceits of tomorrow,

Evoking déjà vu .



The ocean wind tastes saline;

Coming from eons across,

Passing the sea

To the beach, where my legs taste eternity;

The waves coming from you, oh ocean,

Talk to my roots

As earth soaks herself in saline stories,

Evoking déjà vu.



I realize,

We humans don’t carry ears on legs,

And those who carry,

Their sounds die after a few miles;

We are more eyes and mouth than ears,
and your stories are syllables of life.



At night the songs of your people haunt
And the moon dances in your waves;

Your saline stories are seeping in

Through earth, spreading,

Desperate to be heard;

I shut my eyes tight, but

Dreams of little mermaids playing around corals,

And of vanishing mountains waves in.

24 comments:

  1. And the moon dances in your waves;
    Your saline stories are seeping in
    Through earth, spreading,
    Desperate to be heard

    Such beautiful lines Sreeja, no doubt the ocean acts as a witness to stories when we opt to share our woes and dreams. Beautifully penned. Thank you so much for participating at Prompt Nights :D

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  2. A very mysterious journey weaving with nature ~ My favorite is the last stanza ~

    At night the songs of your people haunt
    And the moon dances in your waves;
    Your saline stories are seeping in
    Through earth, spreading

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    1. Yup our journey is mysterious....yet there are people who end up dividing and diminishing the very truth of nature...instead of living through this blessing...thank you so much Grace!

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  3. "Where my legs taste eternity..." Awesome!

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    1. Thank you....yea, if we could while we walk on earth...

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  4. Oh I love the the though of saline.. it's what we have in common.... we carry sea inside us...

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  5. This is more salty than spicy but so interesting with that bite of the sea and the eternal nature of the ocean. Wow!

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  6. Wonderful. We all are children of the sea. the last stanza is incredible.

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    1. Thank you...maybe when man destroys everything, we all will come back as mermaids... :-)

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  7. Wonderful. Very nicely crafted.

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  8. "At night the songs of your people haunt
    And the moon dances in your waves;
    Your saline stories are seeping in
    Through earth, spreading" amazing

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  9. I agree - the last stanza is lovely. The ocean and water in general is therapeutic - the sound, the image, the feel of it. Beautiful poem.

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    1. Thank you Margaret...true, it's therapeutic!

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  10. To me this speaks of our beginnings, as we are made of the "ocean" in our similarities of salinity. It has an ancient and tribal feel to it.

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    1. I am glad you touched the chord...thank you so much!

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  11. "We are more eyes and mouth than ears,
    and your stories are syllables of life."....only if we would listen...Every word of this wonderful poem is filled with intense feeling...

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  12. Nature sinGs Truth..
    Life's SonG iN
    liGht oF
    sparKle
    waVe
    sunliT
    oceaN way..
    no borders.. no
    shores etched in stone..
    manmade.. prisons
    fail
    test
    iN ocean free
    waves Of uS
    brusH
    new shoreline
    Free from
    StOne agE PriSons..:)

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