I see a sea

I see a sea, I sea a sea 

Its frothing ego, white 

Its envy, furious green 

Spitting sharply at me 

 

I see a sea, I see a sea 

It's blue gaze, vast and still 

Fixed forever on the sky

Menacing as a grave

 

I see a sea, I see a sea

Its laughing mermaids dart

Swiftly beyond my grasp 

In the closing palms of waves

 

I see a sea, I sea a sea

A leviathan dark as grief

swelling beyond its bounds

As if a thief at night 

 

I see a sea, I see a sea

Its boats with sails adrift

on briefly borrowed winds,

mistaking drift for flight

 

I see a sea, I see a sea

 dreamdust and driftwood hopes,

flotsam on rising crests

And still, it sings to me.

Author's Note

Picture by me - 'Foz Duoro', Portugal.

Reviews

[Vol]

Divya,
The call of the sea is powerful indeed and for all the reasons you listed. I grew up by the ocean and moved away about thirty years ago, now in my old age...
"I see a sea, I see a sea
dreamdust and driftwood hopes,
flotsam on rising crests
And still, it sings to me."

I miss her more than I can say...
Vol

[DIVYA]

Dear Vol,
Those who have lived by the ocean once can never ever forget its thrum. I understand you so well and I'm sad life leaves us with haunting memories. Like you, I lived by the sea once too but am now very far away from it. I miss it.

Thank you very much, my friend. It's great to see you after so long.

[Vol]

Divya,
Well, get yourself a hug from someone and think of me... I am glad you are back!
Vol

[DIVYA]

Will do. Thank you Vol :)

[Richard🖌]

Heartsong, Divya Dear ⛵

No one could have composed this whose soul has has not been wed to the sea.

At home Photo 'n Poetry in all their vividly captivating glory, presentation, grammar, etc; in this, your vibrant breath and singing soul are alive in every nuance, metaphor, and velvet flow that touches ever-so enthrallingly … if not your best, it speaks to me in ways I know I'll return to hear your heart's voice many times.

The "Call of the Sea" ⁓ I've never gotten over years, as a young lad, living and adventuring by the sea, until we moved far away … it had become so much an intricately imbued part of me and I of it, I actually yearned and suffered.
Later, a young man, I served four years aboard ship in the U.S. Navy, sailing to far shores, across vast oceans and seas, my soul embraced by tempest storms, sleeping to years' of waves' undulations, taste of brine on the tongue, salty breeze in my hair, and so much more, all married my entire being to the sea, it to me … from each other we shall never be free.

"I see a sea, I see a sea (love this refrain)
dreamdust and driftwood hopes,
flotsam on rising crests
And still, it sings to me."

I'll always feel incomplete without the sea … how could you've read my mind?

I cannot thank you enough for sharing this, Dear Divya, or you, simply for being You! ⁓ Richard ⚓

200/100

[DIVYA]

Dear Richard,
Its wonderful to know you were in the Navy! Then you know the mind and soul of the sea. I cannot even begin to imagine how wonderful it may feel to live on the ocean for days, be at its mercy and to ride its magnificent waves. And there must be such big waves, mid ocean especially in tempestuous weathers, I'm told. Now that you've moved, I wonder how you stay without it. But then, as you so rightly said, the sea lives in you.

Thank you so much for such a beautiful reception of this poem. Your thoughts and words are most appreciated and much inspiration drawn from them.

Wishing you a most joyful day!

[Betty Hermelee]

I can see a sea Divya... a portrayal of aspects of the grand, powerful sea in a stunning country...you must have enjoyed some of those waves and sailboats; it is boundless, as you say and perhaps "dark as grief" at times "menacing as a grave" for those who met their death...through it all, "It sings to me".....
Thank you for sharing
Warmly, B

[DIVYA]

Thank you dear friend for such a beautiful review. I'm so happy to see you today. Wishing you all great things!

[Coyote Poetry]

I do love the sea too dear Divya.
(I see a sea, I see a sea
dreamdust and driftwood hopes,
flotsam on rising crests
And still, it sings to me.)
The above lines I do understand. The sea allowed me to know peace. Thank you dear friend for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[DIVYA]

Dear friend, you've traveled so much and seen so many amazing seas. I've read so much of your beautiful poetry on the sea. I adore the sea too and find it a very spiritual element of Nature. Thank you so much for relating to my words. Wishing you a wonderful day. ❤️

[Coyote Poetry]

I adored the poetry dear Divya and you are welcome.

[Sarthak]

Thanks for reminding us, with such grace that the sea is not just a place- its feeling, a memory and call to protect what sustains us.

[DIVYA]

Thank you Sarthak. I appreciate your kind comment very much!

[Arundass TP]

Nicely written lyrics. Musical. Keep it up

[DIVYA]

Thank you so much dear Arun. Hope you've been very well?

[Arundass TP]

Sure. Welcome friend

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[jacob erin-cilberto]

Beautiful photography, by the way.

[DIVYA]

A picture of Foz Duoro, in Portugal, where the Duoro river meets the Atlantic. Its mind blowing - and very very dramatic. Thank you so much for appreciating the picture.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

The sea can be violent or calm, intensely scary or beautiful blue...
Just like people with their moods.
This is so smartly worded and personified.
j.

[DIVYA]

Thank you very much my friend, your appreciation means the world. Its great to be posting here again. I hope life has been great for you.

[John the Baptist]

Nice to hear from you again, Beloved. It seems to me that in this one you're taking an inward glance, that the sea is your own consciousness. Don't take that as an insult; the various aspects of the sea are symbols of things that are within all of us. I think your last line represents the openness all of us should have toward our inward seas.
PS: You don't need that apostrophe in line 3.

[DIVYA]

Dear beloved John, indeed its wonderful to see you and also to find myself in shape to be able to post a few words here! How have you been, my friend?
Thank you very much for reading this poem and sharing your thoughts on it. Yes, I think this sea is the one inside all of us. The lifesource itself. Good, bad or ugly, we still sway to its song.