Pier Gazing...

Relaxing on the pier, deep in thought...

Pier Gazing...

As I sit on the Huntington beach pier mid-day,
with pen and paper sketching a beautiful ocean seen,
basking in the warmth of the bright sunshine and enjoying
a cool ocean breeze,

I am fixated on watching the tremendous waves,
crash violently to the sea shore, time and time again,
after a few minutes of viewing this incredible sight,
I lose myself in thought, as if to a state of hypnosis,

My mind is comparing the violent waves crashing to the earth,
over and over again to what us humans go through with our
problems on a daily basis,

I am completely in a trance, I see the effects of the waves
crashing in the same spot continuously, leaving a
substantial dent in the sand, and again think of the emotional,
dents we take in our lives with constant accruing problems,

As the waves are non-stop, sometimes it seems like our
human trials and tribulations are also non-stop and never ending,

Time has taken it's toll upon this peaceful day,
and day turns to early night,
The waves die down and the sea shore gets a break from the,
violent ambush,

As the sun sets, a soft gliding flow of constant sea water,
rolls over the large dent left in the sand and first smooths
it and then eventually completely erases it all together,

At that moment, I am fully aware of what God is teaching me today,
he is giving me a birds eye view of what he can do to our human problems,
if we ask him to help us and let him do work,

What a wonderful day pier gazing...

Author's Note

GOD IS GOOD...

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Great wisdom in your words. Nature and the sea can give us lessons.
"As the waves are non-stop, sometimes it seems like our
human trials and tribulations are also non-stop and never ending,"
Life is hard. We must get up and go forward. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Jamestown]

Thanks again for checking it out and b-blessed.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[Ricky Campbell]

HOLY COW! It amazes me how you can tie everything back to God, it really does! I love it, and it seems it is your signature to all of your work. Keep it up and I cant wait to hear more from you and hear these great comparisons! Keep doing you, and I also love the language of this poem, it suits it very well.

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[W R Stowe]

Very good Jamestown but I love dining at Ruby's at the end of that pier I love Huntington Beach and once I'm able to get my wife here I will meet her in LA and spend 2 days at Huntington Beach and Amtrack back to Ohio

Bill

[Jamestown]

That sounds great! Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[W R Stowe]

Jamestown Read" perched for s pose " I personally took the picture on the Huntington Beach Pier

[Jamestown]

Will do! Thanks for sharing.

[W R Stowe]

your welcome

[Nadia Gerassimenko]

I like how you compare our daily life problems to waves coming in and out. And in the end they die out a little bit as the night begins, so can we find answers and appeasement to our problems.

I also often get entranced by the ocean waves, as well as fire. There's something so mesmerizing about them, and comforting too. One can find the present moment by focusing on them.

[Jamestown]

Again I completely agree!Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Terrence Chang]

Amazing write James. Lovely written.

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and your kind review!, b-blessed!

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A great write James; an excellent comparison between the impact of waves on the shoreline and our own waves of troubles. God has the ability to change both!

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[gorillarock]

YES! Jamestown this piece is beautiful! What a day to wake up and have this as my first reading :D I grew up on the Atlantic coast, this piece speaks to the peace and clarity of mind that i found as a child there. crawling the rocky shores, observing the washed up sea life, contemplating everything.

Thank you for sharing this inspiration :D

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[J. K. Beach]

I like this one Jamestown... I does work out best when we leave things to the one who is the very best at washing things away:) I think that the perspective offered the reader by setting the poem's time frame through the cycle of a whole day works really well. Beautiful work!

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[the girl in the black m..]

your writing is truly divine.

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Deepika]

Perfect analogy of the crashing waves and the overwhelming problems in a being's life. Imagery and moral filled attractive work.
"Time has taken it's toll upon this peaceful day" loved this line!

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and your kind review! B-blessed!