The Eternal Shore
Waves break as I awake on the misty shore of my mind
Memories old and secrets told are what the ocean leaves behind
As the sunset sky drifts slowly by, I rise to stare at the sea
And wonder if this place I'm in is the home of eternity
I stroll the beach in quiet escape and take my steps alone
I hear the waves and feel the spray that gently soothes my soul
While here I peer out to the sea and feel so strangely at home
And from the ocean comes a notion I'm a droplet to the whole
Walking along, I come to recall a day in deep contemplation
The day I was born, washed up on shore in a sudden realization
To walk this land apart from the sea in some spiritual segregation
That I am the sea and the sea is me, and I am its creation
I begin to think and slowly I sink into sands of confusion and pain
How could it be that the great sea and me are actually two of the same?
Fear takes hold and I slowly grow cold while sinking more and more
But a calm pervades as I hear the waves crashing upon the shore
If I am the sea like a branch from a tree and I trust the roots are strong
Then I can stroll the beach without stressing if I am in the right or wrong
With that theory in mind I take a step blind and faithfully call fear's bluff
And at that moment I felt in my soul the sea's everlasting love
The shore of my mind is eternally divine and mysterious even to me
A place between worlds where wisdom unfurls in waves upon a beach
There comes a wind that slowly begins to carry me like a feather
I let go to its plea for one day the sea will welcome me back forever
About this poem
In this poem, our souls derive from the sea that spits us out and takes us back eventually.
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Submitted by Risingwerdz on September 25, 2023
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| Scheme | AABB XCXC DDDD XXEE FFXX BXGG |
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| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 1,567 |
| Words | 330 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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