The Ocean is Calling
the sea
cool calm caressing
ebbing into the sand
tickling my toes
my happy place
from dolphin dancing by Colleen Keating
bewitched in
hypnotised out
carefree
lightness of the sea
diving rolling floating
shooting the waves
synchronised
dolphin dancing
delightfully
caressing the waves
timeless
like children at play
in sea-scented breeze
comes a new dolphin dream
from another day by Colleen Keating
there is a touch of the transcendent
on the horizon today the sky spreads
like the sound of a symphony and shadows
the deep slate of sea with its surge
of rolling energy tufts of crested foam
and sweeps of spindrift thrown in the air like hands of praise
from my poem another day
— it’s a sonnet and the very last “Sonnet to Orpheus”
Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower
Quiet friend who has come so far,
feel how your breathing makes more space around you.
Let this darkness be a bell tower
and you the bell. As you ring,
what batters you becomes your strength.
Move back and forth into the change.
What is it like, such intensity of pain?
If the drink is bitter, turn yourself to wine.
In this uncontainable night,
be the mystery at the crossroads of your senses,
the meaning discovered there.
And if the world has ceased to hear you,
say to the silent earth: I flow.
To the rushing water, speak: I am.
Sonnets to Orpheus II, 29
Thank you to Krista Tippitt for her inspiring website ON BEING for this wonderful reminder of quiet peace.