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Thursday
Sep202007

i come to the water

cannon beach

more poem notes (or maybe an early, early draft of a poem) on this thursday...

I come to the water
to breathe in
salt,
hope,
shadows
I come to the water
to remember
her laughter
I come to the water
because I fear
forgetting
everything
I come to the water
to open
a space
inside me
I come to the water
to find
pieces of the past
I come to the water
to grieve
I come to the water
to let go
I come to the water
to seize life

head on over to jillypoet's for another thursday of the traveling poetry show...

Reader Comments (12)

Soothing poetry - water is a healer and this piece exudes hope and healing. Nice images!

September 20, 2007 | Unregistered Commentertumblewords

Liz--I love this piece!

Even though I have never been there, I recognized Cannon Beach thanks to a current Cannon Beach resident, Lisa Evans.

September 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterHamguin

definitely not rough,,, and not exactly what i would call a draft... an eloquently executed piece.. fini

September 20, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterpaisley

"because I fear/ forgetting/ everything" caught at me.

I like the way this poem remembers.

September 20, 2007 | Unregistered Commenter...deb

Like a prayer or a mantra. Lovely.

September 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterLJCohen

your writing is filled with beauty, insight and strength-I love this poem. here i am nestled in the mountains and i could still smell the salty air and hear waves crashing.

September 20, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterapril nance

This is a beautiful poem - I think it's nice, as is. L

September 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterLisa

Wonderful words,

Peace to you, M

September 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterMaithri

your repetition of the line "i come to the water" makes this feel like waves coming in in in at the beach. you'll definitely get a poem out of this!

September 21, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterpolka dot witch

This is beautiful as is....


XOXO
love you

September 22, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterColorsonmymind

I love your choice of salt first.

This choice, brought me to the water..to that place with you...so I could go on the journey.

nicely done.

September 22, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterwendy

liz this was truly beautiful!

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