Returning to the sea, to the water – v3

Too long away from my spirit,
returning to the sea, the water,
feeling the sunlight upon my body,
the roar of the waves, crashing,
as the high tide fell away…
 
They came out to greet me,
as they have before, again,
a repeating pattern, welcoming me,
lines of pelicans above the houses,
above the dunes, ribbons across the sky...
 
Some strands were four of them,
a dashed line over the buildings,
other threads saw thirty coursing,
cutting through the moment,
greeting me once again…
 
Another pelican morning,
on our beach touching memory,
the dance of the pelicans above me,
refreshing me in this moment,
washing me in infinite grace…

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Edited March 27, 2024
Returning to the sea, the water – v3
 
Edited March 25, 2024
Returning to the sea, the water – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/returning-to-sea-to-water-v2.html
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March 25, 2024
Returning to the sea, to the water
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/returning-to-sea-to-water.html
edited October 23, 2021
The Dance of the Pelicans – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html
edited October 26, 2021
Dinosaur Spines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/dinosaur-spines-v2.html
October 26, 2021
Wings of the earth-bound angels
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/wings-of-earth-bound-angels.html
October 26, 2021
spines of the palms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/spines-of-palms.html
edited October 24, 2021
the darkened beach – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-darkened-beach-v2.html
edited October 24, 2021
Crossing the plane of the dunes – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/crossing-plane-of-dunes-v2.html
edited October 23, 2021
The Dance of the Pelicans – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-dance-of-pelicans-v5.html
October 10, 2021
another pelican morning
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/10/another-pelican-morning.html
 
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