Unanswered.

A poem which describes the puzzle of beached and stranded sea-creatures that I have sometimes seen on my daily walks along nearby beaches.

UNANSWERED.

 

Walking where dry loose sand riddled my footwear
with glassy fragments and abandoned shells
I remember the dolphins.

Collapsed and gasping, fins flapping in destiny
of pale suds' incoming froth they fought
yet slipped into puzzling death

Tragedy lay hoarded on this mid-August shoreline 
of gentler water and no one knew why,
tide drew living bodies to join
blanched jackets of cockle and crab as unbaited
they to strange air gave way, quietly.

 

Tonight finned sinews move leviathan-sized life 
to deeper survival while I celebrate 
they parade not dangerous arenas between sea
and land's fateful temptation.

Yet as memory invades I still shed a sad tear
over intelligent creatures now debris,
foundering helpless sea-life's beached distress  
when stranded leaves  
me with unanswered questions.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is an analogy to people who seemed to get beached by others or themselves...figuratively.
But these creatures get beached literally and we ask the same question...
How could a compassionate, loving God let these things happen?
strong sadness emits from these words,
j.

[Fay Slimm]

Thanks for your comment on the poem above. "Beachings are to be most lamented Jacob and your view of the contents as figurative is well discerned - - fervent the questions yet unheard the answers makes for deep sadness which i hoped would be seen. Much appreciated.

[Fay Slimm]

Thank you for your in-put which was something of comfort - - the wonderful creatures whom it describes are now long gone but still haunt my memory............. as you say dear friend the question of why will remain unanswered..............

[Neville]

sadly a pleasure

[Neville]

the question remains unanswered for now but it shall remain for all time a testimony to all those creatures to whom it purposefully and tenderly relates.....