Can You Sea Me?

The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate the world. -Thoreau

Image credit: Geraint Roland Getty Images

there's something about the sea

drawing me

accusing me

judging me

freeing me

always lending a sympathetic ear to an urgent plea 

attracting like a magnet

capturing like a fishing net

shallow and deep

pulling up and pushing down

the waves

the tide

alive

listening

glistening

positioning

frightening in a storm

dead in israel and jordan

rolling into forever

there whenever

however

whomever

for any endeavor

no matter how foolhardy or clever

beckoning

reckoning

connecting

always in the midst of shifting gears

enough room for life's saline tears

and all the dark years

never saying, "nope"

it's life

love

rejection

possibilities

faith

fate

destiny

pain

understanding

rescue

comfort

and

hope

Author's Note

"The sea, vast and wild as it is, bears thus the waste and wrecks of human art to its remotest shore. There is no telling what it may not vomit up. He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and extract a motive power out of the greatest obstacles." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I love your Thoreau quite Pete. What poet can resist the call of the sea? None that I know for sure and you have captured in this write the vast number of reasons why. The sea with its moods and visual delights is a feast for all types of artists all over the world and everyone else as well. Whether it be in words or paint long may it continue. Thank you for reminding me I am due a visit. Been six months since I was in Brixham, how I miss it. All the best to you.

Chris

[Pete]

i can look at forever. there is everything in it. it beckons like nothing else. thanks for the share chris. i hope you get to brixham soon now that spring is here. i just read about it on wikipedia ... :)

[Chris Shaw]

Old fishing town. Really old cottages all pretty colours that look down on an inner and outer harbour. So quaint.

[Pete]

delightful. sounds like here in new england. i love such places ... :)

[Yellow Butterfly]

Yes I can,.... :)

I can also 'sea' within this gorgeous write a contemplative mind. One that has a profound understanding of the sea and they way it taps into emotions. These emotions which are driven by almost every decision made in life.., from waking up in the morning deciding on breakfast choice... to what to watch on tv. These are just a few of which all have an affect on our daily moods. A tidal wave of deep emotions throughout this thought provoking write.. and what a beautiful tranquil setting to contemplate those very thoughts....... loved this one Pete ..... :)

YB
Another great track...

[Pete]

i love doing most anything by it. can do a lot of thinking in it's presence - the sound of the waves! it is so vast and speaks volumes. it has a way of being whatever we need it to be. it is alive. the creator outdid himself and he transcends through it. thanks for the kind share yb ... :)

[John the Baptist]

The sea has long been a metaphor for life. After the carnage at the end of "Moby Dick," the sea rolls on as it has ever done. All the qualities noted in this piece are always open to us. For we are part of that sea.

[Pete]

Moby Dick is a classic - i remember well reading it in school - "call me ishmael". isn't it ironic, the sea is life but man is slowly killing it ... :)

[mattavelli]

Hello, Pete, I enjoy the sea too; mostly for fishing and listening to the surf. Thanks for sharing.

[Pete]

thanks for sharing mattavelli. i too enjoy.i find it to be hypnotizing. i could stare at it forever. the best is summer swimming ... :)