This morning ...

This morning was reminded of a poem composed by me in November 2004 while on a visit to the Red Sea at Berbera, Somaliland.

Sea & Life 

A Sea full of life

And

A life full of sea

Joined in a warm embrace

Sea,

Calmness of stride,

purity of soul,

warmth of touch

is the life within you.

Life,

Depths of feelings,

Waves of thoughts,

tides of emotions

is the sea within you.

Who gained more and

Who gained less ?

That the life was blessed,

for it, the

universe was the witness.

when the balmy touch

of the waves

took away the pain,

reached for the brimming eyes

the salt mingled with the tears

obliterated their existence.

Aye… Sea

But what about you ?

fathomless that you are

Which depths do you take all the sorrows to,

Or stuff them to the life in you

weather it through the seasons

And come out with a shiny pearl ?