Tidal Pool
January 17th, 2007 by 
dani
I’m trapped in a blue-green memory,
a tidal pool that is my world.
Washed up on this rocky shore,
shattered, splintered and scattered
like seaglass and driftwood.
The thousand pieces of me
crawling to sanctuary.
Landlocked and imprisoned at the moon’s whim.
The deluge of my solitude
engulfing this vibrant spawn of life.
Your familiar face floats
like a distorted wave before my eyes,
then vanishes.
Your musk still lingers in my mind
and your gaze still pierces the hole in my heart.
I fill the stagnant, brackish puddle with my tears
and helplessly drown
in a bitter sea of reminiscence,
entangled in the seaweed of you.
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13 Comments »
February 4th, 2007 at 11:08 am
“I fill the stagnant, brackish puddle with my tears
and helplessly drown
in a bitter sea of reminiscence,
entangled in the seaweed of you…”
I can feel the pain..
February 4th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
I have swum the waves of that bitter sea myself.
Yours was the first SS I visited – magnificent start.
Take care
February 4th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
‘Entangled in the seaweed of you’ – excellent ending.
August 2nd, 2007 at 10:58 am
I liked ‘The thousand pieces of me crawling to sanctuary’ definitely ‘trapped in a blue-green memory’!
August 2nd, 2007 at 11:33 am
This is very vivid, in a painful way, but tidal pools have always had another meaning for me: they are an amazing source of life.
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Tender and raw flesh burning in saltwater. I hope since February, that the tide has turned once more.
Rose
xo
August 2nd, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Gosh, this was exquisite… well done, Dani…
August 2nd, 2007 at 5:01 pm
i love the “blue-green memory”…
August 2nd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Very touching! I enjoyed the tide pool metaphor… very effective.
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Loved this!
August 2nd, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Deliciously colorful and oceanic imagery with the fathomless depths of emotion. Wonderful poem!!
August 3rd, 2007 at 3:24 am
I still like it. I am quite glad to read it again!
August 3rd, 2007 at 4:29 am
Yeah, tidepools can be like that. Oh wait. That’s life too. Excellent use of metaphor.