Sea Of My Soul
Words often fail me,
Because feelings sweep through me
Like great ocean waves.
My mind cannot grasp
What is so intangible,
Cannot define it.
Cannot parcel it,
Put it in a pigeon-hole,
Of understanding.
So it slips away,
And you might as well attempt
To capture a cloud.
For all one has left
Are the turbulent swirlings,
Of unknown currents.
Deep-sea rhythms,
And the sudden violent squalls
Sweeping its surface.
Like my inner world,
The sea is alive and moving,
Of its own accord.
The ocean's dark moods,
So often seem to reflect
My deepest feelings.
Standing at sunset,
In the cool wind of evening,
I watch the great waves.
Their rhythms are mine
As they sweep into the beach,
Unknown and primal.
This is my heart-beat,
The ocean of my feelings,
The sea of my soul.