O Ocean!

Apr 5, 2020 By Bree, 11
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Raging seas and inky skies,
a wave barrels down on my small
fishing boat, and where am I?
I am helplessly clinging to my
meager wooden craft.
The indigo swell crashes down on
my maple-wood vessel, capsizing it.

O ocean! Spare me from your
horrible punishment, for I am
sailing to Paradise, where the
golden sun sits like a saucer of
yellow milk in the robin’s egg-blue sky;
where the cherry-red flowers smell sweeter
than an afternoon on a calm summer’s day,
where there is no conflict,
where all is peace.

The sky bursts into color, lavender mixing with
emerald in the snowy clouds. The amber sun
lowers to the horizon, just a half-circle in the west.
O ocean! Looking coal-black yourself, with
milky tips, the colors seem to calm
you down, gently pushing my chestnut boat
onto shore, where I dismount.

The khaki sand beneath me welcomes my feet,
the grass gently waving in the breeze.
The crimson flowers grow in the olive grass,
and you lap at their roots, wanting to live
and taste their sweet smell, sweeter than
a summer’s day.

Stepping onto the emerald-green grass
with sand sticking between my toes,
tying my burlap hammock to a tree, I
lay back and relax, gently swaying in
the breeze. My eyelids slide closed.
O ocean! How the music of the leaves
rustling and the crickets singing their
nightly concerto blends perfectly with
the soft swish-splash of your waves
swashing against the shore lulls me
gently to sleep.

Comments

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tay2010 August 26, 2020 - 1:59pm
Great job bro. That was the best poem i have ever read:). It was very gentle and nice.
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GREY_HAWK731 October 5, 2020 - 1:32pm
Very gentle
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WiseCheeringChicken July 15, 2020 - 12:00pm
good
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tay2010 August 26, 2020 - 2:01pm
really it is an amazing poem
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HighLordBigDog13 August 15, 2020 - 4:31pm
Thanks. I also like your icon! It reminds me of Chewbacca :3
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B0pper July 15, 2020 - 9:29am
I like ur poem.
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HighLordBigDog13 August 15, 2020 - 4:31pm
Thanks! *icon buddies*
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B0pper September 2, 2020 - 11:45am
Yeah bro!
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B0pper March 11, 2021 - 3:40pm
well... not anymore
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Christina princess May 19, 2020 - 3:16am
So from this poem I could feel that you love the ocean??
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HighLordBigDog13 August 15, 2020 - 4:31pm
You guessed right ;)
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JaydenM April 8, 2020 - 10:03am
This was a really nice poem!
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HighLordBigDog13 January 7, 2021 - 1:40pm
Thanks!
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Claudia Z. April 6, 2020 - 11:13pm
This is great! I love how colorful the poem is and how many sensory details you have.
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HighLordBigDog13 April 13, 2020 - 6:22am
Thanks so much!
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smalltiger April 6, 2020 - 8:14am
Nice poem!
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HighLordBigDog13 August 15, 2020 - 4:32pm
Thanks @smalltiger! Hope you've been having a good time during this bad year xD
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smalltiger August 17, 2020 - 1:31am
I had a good time but I do get a bit bored though.