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See the Sea
lost in the immeasurable sea
enclosed under sunken cofferdams
tossed endlessly we listed to and fro
prisoner passengers in fleets of
slave ships on odyssey journeys
the cargo of life drained out slowly
in swarms of un-seaworthy vessels
as the tempestuous rains stormed
carrying us away to unknown shores
we cried out for freedom as the words
fell silently upon windblown sands
we still waited patiently for a parting
to begin again on horizons more calm
alas, we were awash in shameful tragedy
while we slowly gasped for purifying air
and penetrating clarity only seeing
white capped smoke spraying ashen pyre
Then, under the calm night sky
awash in incandescent silvery moonlight
the distant beacon cast an orb of illumination
revealing a hidden gateway moored just beyond
the long comber waves and
portals opened up in an awakening
a witnessing to the deep
exposing all the crevasses
of eternal, enduring love
and freedom was spilled
into the tidal flow of memories
and we began to open our hearts and eyes to
see the sea
© Jade Anjoun
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