I Have A Mild Obsession With The Sea

Ali

I HAVE A MILD OBSESSION WITH THE SEA.
I WANT TO RIDE THE WAVES,
PADDLING OFFSHORE,
LEASH ABOUNDING,
LETTING THE CURRENTS DRIFT ME
AMONGST THE SEAWEED,
THROUGH THE FLOATING DRIFTWOOD.
I WILL THEN RETURN,
LATER THAT NIGHT,
WITH YOU,
MY LOVE,
MY SEA,
AND LET MY FEET WET THEMSELVES
IN YOUR TIDAL POOLS
AS THE SUN GOES DOWN,
LEAVING AN ORANGE GLOW
UPON YOUR BLUE-GREEN BODY.
FOR THIS REASON,
I HAVE A MILD OBSESSION WITH THE SEA.


adv 5-19-05

FinsburyParkCarrots

I quite like the Kat too.

Ali

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

I quite like the Kat too.

Finns...its about tHE sea....not OUR SEA:)
Although I hear our SEa is quite appealing himself!!!!!!

grooveamatic

AND LET MY FEET WET THEMSELVES
IN YOUR TIDAL POOLS
AS THE SUN GOES DOWN,
LEAVING AN ORANGE GLOW
UPON YOUR BLUE-GREEN BODY.




i really like this part

Ali

grooveamatic wrote:

AND LET MY FEET WET THEMSELVES
IN YOUR TIDAL POOLS
AS THE SUN GOES DOWN,
LEAVING AN ORANGE GLOW
UPON YOUR BLUE-GREEN BODY.




i really like this part

Thanks groove....you make me want to smile:)

grooveamatic

Ali wrote:

Thanks groove....you make me want to smile:)

so go ahead and smile.

Righteous Jammer

Very nice.. I think I'm going swimming

ISN

the good thing about the sea, is that there is so much of it.....it has a different character everywhere.....take the beaches of Colombo with their lazy elephants lumbering along the coastal roads, or the nooks and crannies of the Portuguese coast......the sea is so beautiful.....but, like a mistress, it can get very angry......the sea is a woman.....temperamental and moody.....what a glorious life we live......I like your peom Ali, I remember arriving in Gran Canaria at night, and getting the bus to the pensione, and then crossing some streets after we dropped off our bags, and going to the beach with the magical moonlit sea.....or even Manly beach here in Sydney a few years ago after my brother and I had eaten a Thai meal.....I just feel so connected to the sea, but I'm afraid of waves......but without the sky, the sea would be nothing......just a boring lake - it's the stars and the moon, and sometimes a bit of humidity which really complement it......the sea is fukkin crazy man.....

Ali

ISN wrote:

the good thing about the sea, is that there is so much of it.....it has a different character everywhere.....take the beaches of Colombo with their lazy elephants lumbering along the coastal roads, or the nooks and crannies of the Portuguese coast......the sea is so beautiful.....but, like a mistress, it can get very angry......the sea is a woman.....temperamental and moody.....what a glorious life we live......I like your peom Ali, I remember arriving in Gran Canaria at night, and getting the bus to the pensione, and then crossing some streets after we dropped off our bags, and going to the beach with the magical moonlit sea.....or even Manly beach here in Sydney a few years ago after my brother and I had eaten a Thai meal.....I just feel so connected to the sea, but I'm afraid of waves......but without the sky, the sea would be nothing......just a boring lake - it's the stars and the moon, and sometimes a bit of humidity which really complement it......the sea is fukkin crazy man.....

tHE SEA IS AMAZING....MAJESTIC....BRIMMING WITH LIFE.aND SOME OF THAT LIFE CAN CHEW YOU UP AND SPIT YOU OUT.bUT,....YOU ENTER seA'S WAVVES WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT AND SHE SHOWS YOU such BEAUTY.
I AM SO ADDICTED TO JUST GETTING INTO MY CAR AND DRIVING TO THE SHORE EVRYNIGHT...,THANK GOD I'VE BEEN BROKE LATELY,I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO DO IT.BUT...SUMMERTIME HASNT KICKED IN YET...JUST PICKING UP AND GOING TO THE SHORE, GETTING A SIX PACK,HANGING ONTO SOME HOTEL LEDGE AND LISTENING TO THE WAVES.WAKING UP AT 6 AM FOR A SWIM OR A SURF.I'M SO ADDICTED TO MOTHER OCEAN........

Ali

The Indifferent One wrote:

I wish i could do that. I am in the U.K, one day I will. It's my Dream.

You have to see the Jersey shore.Its utterly breathtaking.So many hiding spots.

pearlmutt

and the gulf coast too -- where everything is so hot and thick

and quicksand (I stepped in it once and almost lost my dog, up to my knee in quicksand and my dog went down too. I didn't even know quicksand really, really existed; you never do until half your leg and your dog is in it.)


I like the same part groove did. That's two votes for the ending! Oh, wait, no it's not the exact same part, it's that part, and

FOR THIS REASON,
I HAVE A MILD OBSESSION WITH THE SEA.

pearlmutt

and the title's good with the ellipses

I just went back to the message pit and looked at it, and thought, hmmmm . . . what does the poet have an obsession with?