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Re: alive

Posted By: Derek
Date: Thursday, 19 October 2006, at 4:51 p.m.

In Response To: alive (Auntie Di)

: October's first blast of Winter hits the Inside Passage like a train

: Salt spray stings my nostrils

: Screaming winds toss salt-soaked sea spray towering above me

: Great gouts of green sea defy all puny man-built vessels to ply their
: waters while gulls' raucous cries send shivers down my spine as they
: wheel and spin and oh, so casually cruise through the cruel Northern
: winds that drive the tides surging, powerful, restless, relentless,
: onto the oily spikes of rocks

: Green foam sucks the life from the sand beneath my feet

: Snow flurries, now driving, now floating, swirling, eddying, cold yet
: gentle on my upturned face

: Shivering, freezing, exhilarated, exalted

: I am alive

Wow, I've been feeling energetically drained today and this lovely poem helped lift me up! I felt like I was transported to a beachside and I could practically smell the oceans healing salty spray. Thanks for the reinvigoration!

Messages In This Thread

• alive
  Auntie Di -- Wednesday, 18 October 2006, at 1:51 p.m.
  • Re: alive
    hilde newsom -- Thursday, 19 October 2006, at 6:20 a.m.
  • Re: alive
    Derek -- Thursday, 19 October 2006, at 4:51 p.m.

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