The Sea and Life
You have to learn
to time the waves.
Then jump
at just the right moments
to avoid being dragged under.
I found it difficult
at first.
Then a rhythm emerged
was it every seventh wave?
In between
went swimmingly.
It has taken me
a lifetime
to time life's waves.
They say
it comes in threes.
Why is there always
a number?
Did someone
work out the world
in a maths lesson?
I'm hoping that this one will be acceptable to The Mag: Mag124...it definitely to do with water and the hope that I don't drown! Oh and a great prompt in the redon..I've always loved his dreamy work. Thankyou.
well it would not surprise me the mathmatical precision of the world and does make me wonder at where that started....but i do like the rhythm of the ocean...it is much more natural than our own...
ReplyDeleteTiming is everything when you do "it" (whatever it is) right but I think the math lesson came about because we forgot the language that explains the worlds working. So we made a new one.
ReplyDeleteWell I like it very much Gerry. You are quite right, there is a kind of mathematical precision to the movement of the sea.
ReplyDeleteI am sure someone must have! I like numbers - they add a certain kind of sense to the world.
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
I agree Anna...thankyou!
DeleteSuperb poem - and yes, there's always a number. Someone - I forget who - said "God is a mathematician." True!
ReplyDeletethat's got to be true I think...thankyou Dave.
DeleteEnjoyed this read! Especially...
ReplyDeleteIt has taken me
a lifetime
to time life's waves.
Thanks!
I do think numbers, fractions and percents have to do with life's bottom line- love your sideways hops in waves! Nice, I always tried to translate the murmurs I heard.My first poem came from the sea!
ReplyDeletewave jumping .. a life's lesson finally learned. :) Loved it.
ReplyDeletethankyou Margaret!
DeleteI always wondered about the threes myself, as well. These bits of folk wisdom sometimes mean something, sometimes nothing. That's part of their allure, I think: the fact that it can mean something/nothing. I do like as well the notion that you can time the waves to catch just the right one. That is one of my favorite ways of swimming when I am at the ocean.
ReplyDeletecatching life's waves is the thing! thankyou chazinator!
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