COASTLINES: A homage to an ocean drop

	The big mistake
	many ah us make
	is acting like
	we'll live forever.

	The sea has no such pretense
	nor fear ah being shattered
	by waves.

	Foolish are we ta
	kut ourselves uff
	frum the deep.

	Find perts ah you which ere liquid
	& free frum rigidities!

	Let yer soul be transparent
	unhindered & free!

	In each ah us countless drops
	whispering a primal plea.

Andrei:  (shaking his head) Why read zhis zaumy crap?

Soo:     It's not krappu – simply an ocean eulogy.

Ellesha: Notice how people label things "crap". More often than not it's a sign of uncertainty.

Andrei:  Spare me zhe psycho-babble! Why get religious about zhe ocean?

Soo:     No sing wronggu with dat!

Andrei:  (pulling his hair) Yeah, but an ocean is just an ocean.

Jules:   We all need to religious about something, no? Most folks are religious about their jobs, money, family or companion-pet. The ocean isn't such a bad thing to feel sacred about.

Elijah:  Perhaps we need to feel sacred about something. Today the sense of sacredness about too many things in life.


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from _Let the waters be my witness: Messages about our watery world_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A poem with pelagic metaphors, conversation about sacred spaces, and oceanic image.
KEYWORDS: pelagic awareness, ocean consciousness, religious sentiment, modern liquidity

Begun: 1996 in Shizuoka, Japan  / Finished: 2017 in Xīn-Táiběi, Taiwan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted
by T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ]

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