Aug 2014
Cities faintly floating
Just above the horizon
Fading slowly
A force
Dragging you backwards
Towards the lonely sea.
The sun peering around a cloudy sky,
Your shadow momentarily floating
Among opaque, white ocean spray
Flowing continuously,
Being devoured by the ravenous wake
Into the stomach of the darkness
Watching,
expecting a magnificent show
Of dancing dophins and whales.
For miles,
Only the ominous black
And deep, dark blue
Of ocean waves
Surrounding you
Until you're feeling nothing
but small.
Masked by
dancing,
bubbling,
curling,
White.
Churning through the waves,
The foam showering onto your lap.
Wiping the spray
From your knee,
Scintillating on your fingertips,
Finally noticing
The clarity of the dusky sea.
Just above the horizon
Fading slowly
A force
Dragging you backwards
Towards the lonely sea.
The sun peering around a cloudy sky,
Your shadow momentarily floating
Among opaque, white ocean spray
Flowing continuously,
Being devoured by the ravenous wake
Into the stomach of the darkness
Watching,
expecting a magnificent show
Of dancing dophins and whales.
For miles,
Only the ominous black
And deep, dark blue
Of ocean waves
Surrounding you
Until you're feeling nothing
but small.
Masked by
dancing,
bubbling,
curling,
White.
Churning through the waves,
The foam showering onto your lap.
Wiping the spray
From your knee,
Scintillating on your fingertips,
Finally noticing
The clarity of the dusky sea.
My dad took me fishing. Naturally all I was doing the ride home was writing this poem in my head. It doesn't quite do the ocean justice. The blue was the darkest blue you've ever seen. Darkest and most opaque. Amazing how it can appear to be so deadly.
