Shores and me

SHORES AND ME

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In my lowliest of times i find myself thinking of me in places i desire like shores, mountains, the great wall of China, Los Angeles, Seychelles etc. Before i get into the exercise today, i would love to tell you a story.

Today, i was compelled to go the bank to make some deposit- mother’s order. I never knew it was going to take more than two hours to actually get into the bank because of Covid which was and still is my fond reason for not going to the bank to do anything.

I won’t bore you with the whole stress on standing for five hours- i am not kidding. While i waited for my turn in front of the cashier, a dark thick Muslim whose facial expression reeked a great deal of frustration because the counting machine kept on with its habit of scattering the money it was supposed to count smoothly. I just could not but smile at what i saw, not her facial expression this time, but letters beneath my feet. it said:

Think outside of the box but stay within the circle.

Sublime, right? I just could not help but smile and think on it. At least it eased the stress of standing. The aforementioned quote is no loner. Do you see the connection with the words and the beautiful picture by Michelle Huggelmann and the words ‘Shores and me’?

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13 thoughts on “SHORES AND ME”

  1. Sea Duct

    No wave ever
    found Me like this one
    Ebb & flow onto my toes
    Flip-flops up to my tank top
    on its way down to my heart

    Wrapped as wind now
    around a grass blade
    I feel it cut a new breath

    Sparkles formed
    & now heated
    It sees my
    own Shore
    & so retreated

    #poetrylovers

  2. I sit on the shore
    My favorite place to be
    The ocean is a different
    Entity
    It has the power to heal
    Jump in youโ€™ll feel
    Itโ€™s the place i go to
    Find my zen
    I will go thereโ€™s sometimes
    Just me and a friend
    To meditate
    This brings me joy
    To no end
    Go to the shore
    Without a watch
    See how do your
    Soul will change
    I bet a lot

  3. Here on this shore
    dawn lingers
    beauty sings
    my heart has
    grown wings
    voraciously loving
    the hidden melodies
    so much of me
    cast out to sea
    under my sun hat
    thoughts of you laughs
    i wanted more of that.

  4. I am the ocean
    you, my tide
    how strong your pull
    how weak I resist
    You carry upon your waves
    all I have ever wanted
    giving but then taking
    leaving me restless, forlorn
    Between your shores & me
    lies all that could exist
    all that ever mattered
    as I am left sinking in sand

  5. California’s Eyes

    Met my fate in California’s eyes
    she took my mind
    I dove deep to escape
    but saw her everywhere.

    Looking back I see me
    longing for her embrace
    tasting our first ride
    a wave without a shore.

    Chills find her memory
    delighting lost shadows
    they’re part of mine
    she sees me everywhere.

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