PELAGIC ECHOES: An Inward Journey

	Gazing at pale blue skies
	malt into cool, azure seas
	and soft, whyte wasps af cluuds
	slide ovir foam-cupped waves
	aye perceive the ceaseless flow ah existence
	even as the surf appears eternally still

	The air,
	pungent with the ocean's breath,
	awakens primal memories—
	echoing from a distant age
	when we first emerged from these watery cradles,
	und our gills tarned anto lungs
	as our fins turned into legs.

	The fish within me brain swim on,
	remembering the ancient rhythms
	of the waves.


Orapan: (shaking her head) here's something wonderfully strange, and almost fishy 
       swimming in this guy's mind.

Tara:   Indeed. We all carry the ocean's imprint. The "human" part of is small. 
       Beneath it, the deep murmurs still.

Noel:   When we think of our planet's age, it seems human brains are very modern. 
       The ancient parts within us are never truly silenced, only woven into new forms.

Gwen:  (chewing on a sprig of parsley) I agree. Lots of ancient debris floats within us. 
      The notion of a single “I” feels laughably shallow.

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from Celebrations ah Song: Rejoicing Through Art, Poetry & Narratives with T Newfields
SUMMARY: Some thoughts about pelagic consciousness and our marine ancestry.
KEYWORDS: pelagic consciousness, marine ancestry, human evolution, oceanic poem, primal awareness

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 1996 in Shizuoka, Japan ✶ Finished: 2025 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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