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Calico Waves
Blue and green amorphous curiosities
reached toward the warming sun in late morning. Their salty, wet tongues lapped at my feet as the lazy Sunday lumbered along, creating a haze. It was an ice cream Sunday on the promenade, and summer was written in the sky; there was music for the souls that were dancing, and colorful umbrellas provided refuge to those too weary. Millions have met these waves--my friends-- since the days when I danced to the music, but I promised to travel the world as their feet, returning one autumn to tell them of my life's adventures. I brought my children from the city to the shore, to meet the waves and share the secrets that I had confided in their massive, royal blue majesty while splashing and laughing in the spirit of summer. Many people in life had beat me to the finish line, but I did not participate in the marathon. I chose to walk in the sandy paths with bare feet that always seemed to lead me to the sea. In finding that this was where my tired eyes belonged, I sought out the coast painted in colors of autumn, and watched as my soul was carried in calico waves, rolling on to meet the setting sun in the distance. © 2013 Nicholas Emeigh |
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Part of the Playlist "The Poetry of Nicholas Emeigh" which includes 40+ other poems.
Notes: This poem was written in 2000 and published to the web on January 29, 2007. This poem was written specifically to be the introduction to my senior yearbook. A contest was held, and out of about 50 submissions, Calico Waves won and was published as the introduction.
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