Between Land And Sea

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We grow and mature, yet the child we were is never far away, encouraging and influencing our further growth and maturity just as it always did if gravely tempered now by the absence of innocence.

BETWEEN LAND AND SEA

At the sea’s edge, I met a boy like me
who smiled, said let’s be friends;
we laughed, dipped toes in the water
and splashed each other;
later on, we taught ourselves to swim
blue skies smiling down at us
as we laughed, chased fish in the water
and splashed each other

At the sea’s edge, I met a youth like me
who smiled, said let’s be friends;
we laughed, dipped toes in the water
and splashed each other;
later on, we stripped naked in a cove,
blue skies smiling down at us
as we laughed, chased crabs in the sand
and tumbled each other

At the sea’s edge, I met a man like me
fishing for the moon in the water;
a dark wave came, the mirror smashed,
pieces everywhere;
later on, a near deafening cannonade
sent us scuttling for shelter…
and (finally) a man who looks like me
found it in Earth Mother

Copyright R. N. Taber 2009