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Poetry Friday : March 3, 2017.
Slice of Life March Challenge. No.3.

On Day 3 in Ecuador, we are all hoping for a trip to the beach — the beach where my grandkids found a sea turtle their last time there. So if the weather permits — no thunderstorms, no rain — I may be posting some interesting things from the coast, and then again, I may not.

So, until then, I’ll post a poem I wrote last year . . .

The sea is calling me
Calling me, calling me
The sea is calling me
But I cannot go.

Her waves crest and fall
She rumbles, she roars
The sea is calling me
But I cannot go.

She churns up the sand
She sweeps up the shore
The sea is calling me
But I cannot go.

She scours high cliffs
With her briny spray
The sea is calling me
But I cannot go.

Never-ending
Forever beckoning
My sea is calling me
And soon I will go.

To curl my toes
In cool wet sand
To watch the surf
Foam by my feet

To hear gulls call
And swoop overhead
To taste the salt
To feel the breeze

To blush beneath
The kiss of Sun
To know not where
My horizon ends

Oh! Yes!
The sea is calling me
Calling me, calling me
And I must go!

© 2016 Alice Nine

I so love the exuberance of this airborne moment — arms outstretched, hands covered with sand, and both feet off the ground. It is exactly how I feel when I’m near the surf.

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