O’Sea, come to me
Here I come, to use your whip
And release the promises I keep
Day and Night I mourn in grief
Wonder Humans, with a life so brief
O’Sea hear to me
Crawl to the shore where I stand
Hear my tone and obey my command
Day and Night I will show my labour
And you will testify my honour
O’Prince Answer me
Day and Night I shape the land
The hardest stone I turn to sand
Never in need of permission
Never showing any submission
Tell me Prince
Why should I listen to your call
And give you the power denied to all?
The many ways I shape the land, I shape it free
Why setting those boundaries to me?
Listen to me O’Sea
Many tales of man and spirit you bare witness
Now I ask the moon to remain motionless
In her eternal path in the sky above
To reveal in the stone the face I love
Hear My tale, O’Sea
You that are the power never tamed
Will be touched by the heart once loved
Testify the power of my sorcery
When we command the waves in harmony
Pay Attention, Prince
Even humanity has the ocean feared
Heart and mind touched by dread
But indult to love I must pay
And her monument I will visit every day
Keep saying, O’Prince
When my stroke will reveal a woman’s face
With dark eyes that belong to oriental place
My ever lasting wave’s craftwork you must guide
Explain to me the fate of a face that bears such pride
Thank you, Ocean
For hidden here I will build the memorial
For you only to keep safe for time eternal
Through the might of my art and the water
A bitter reminiscence that will last forever!
Know then, Ocean
Not even in the star’s everyday brilliance
Could conspire together such destiny’s dance
Bounding together cold and heat in one element
When touch alone could induce a sharp torment
No fear could stop the silver lion in the burning fire
His sharpened talons can rend the love most rare
No dagger could tear the reason’s web in her surrounding
Her creed in the reality’s fortress never changing
Oh, From The Powerful Science I have stolen all her attention
With Winsome muttered words, a cursed destiny was in motion
A dauntless intrusion to recover dreams forfeit for long
Lured by emotions, bringing the destiny most wrong.
Strong Will Worker, Unable to perceive my deceit
Untouched heart, giving me control of her faith
Addicted lover, exploring farther the love new found
An imprudent spirit lost in lust, forever spellbound
I let the seeds grow like the tiller in the spring
Waiting for all the fruits autumn can bring
Reckless I gave her such joy as no other lover
Unaware of the sharps winds of coming winter
A schedule was built, method to love was her protection
With the reason to guide, to the future was all her dedication
Every kiss recorded, a measure of our passion
Her webs fastening the structure of our union
The grace of her movement, her skin so soft to touch
Her radiant smile asking for my heedful approach
Her tender voice like the distant sound of waves
Black eyes, so dark like the depth of most caves
Living the past I can not escape, chained eternally at her side
Only distant memories to revive and hold all my mask of pride
Every day was anguish, between us is now the greatest distance
Away from my call, in this agony I suffer from bitter penitence
The ever watchful justice could perceive the double side of my soul
Cunning whispers twisted the heart making a king for a fool
So tenuous betrayal rushed the spirit for the final conquest
A trifling gift that cleared the mist in the heart finest
Once whole, Heart and Mind clashed swords in the battlefield
Loyalty torn between the love and the duty of her guild
Blind companion unable to hear her final desperate pledge
When her mortal life come to her definitive edge
Knees touched the ground when the eyes are again open to see
Powerfully words unable to hold a spirit bound to flee
Nothing was left to me, only the most unlikely secret to bury
And all the emptiness that makes the loneliness most scary
It is over, Ocean
Here stands my last tribute to the once mine and now lost love
Always the Moon our witness will give her magic as my prove
To her only I will left a mark of unchanging time and matter
When the Effigy will charm your waves calling you to embrace her
Worry not, O’Prince
Even if your immortal soul can not maintain any remembrance
To my waves daily moves her story will always give guidance
And when the sound of the wind in the sea can be heard
To the entire world is the sound of her voice that I spread
Farewell Mighty Ocean
I must depart when with us still the night
For the last time I will be in her sight
New magic flew to me, a new dream I must live
To the past with the past, to the future all attention I can give
End
Author notes
Written March 1st, 2005
In a list
A contest entry
- Dark Reality by Midnight Diamond.
300 points, ended August 6, 2006, 30 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Great!
Ok everything looks good for the contest. Thanks for entering and good luck
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Great!
Ok everything looks good for the contest. Thanks for entering and good luck
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Excellent job. I enjoyed the way you put your words to flow into a miracously long but interesting poem. Keep up the great work and good luck with the contest. Kahy
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that was extremely long...my good gosh. def. too long for my mind..though i read it, i doubt i would read it again..not because it's bad, but because im slow..slow brain + long poem = migraine. def. interesting and different. other than the length..it was really good. can imagine how you managed to keep writing line after line...being sure to rhyme...anyways. overall, good job.
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This is an epic rapture of imagery and the sea! It reminds me of a Pablo Neruda type of poem, only much longer than his general style. It also reads like a fairytale or a story one would have heard on the deck of Moby Dick. Fasnicinating writing and real classical style! Congratulations.
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Thank you, Rei. I like when people can see the history behind the poem
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This is unutterably amazing! Your style and imagery are, again, wonderful- and this poem's emotional depth is breathtaking. I like the dialogue structure as well, I don't think you could have told this poem's story better in any other way. Magnificent- if all of your work is like what I've read so far, it's a real pity that I don't know Portuguese...
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i like this...something about it reminded me of " annebel lee" - edgar allen poe, great job
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I promess to try to make more poems in english and thank you
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Shew finally One I could understand.. Meaning your natural language poems.. This was so beautiful and took me away and actually calmed me. Which is always a good thing I guess. Though yes it is sad, and yes you seem to mourn I could swear I heard a deep timber reading this to me.. (Vivid Imagination here).. Take Care, and best wishes Catressa
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I thought it was great. I love the rhyming and the flow was very smooth. In some places I guess it could use a touch up but overall it was excellent. I thought it was a bit long- that could be bad or good- not sure- you decide. Some people like some don't- I thought it was enjoyable. Keep writing.... I would prefer in english!
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Thank you, Ativan, Punklover and Brida (by the way, freedom, escreva do jeito que desejar
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funny how i spend years without writing a single poem, just short-stories then one day I got inspired and start this one that was intend to be another short story. So to me is very important to know that with this poem I am able to captive and keep the flow and with that, keeping the story alive.
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This is excellent!
(nunca sei se escrevo meu comentário em portugues ou não)
I agree with Ativan, you held the rhythm and images through the whole poem. It is long, and yet didn't lose the meaning, not in one moment.
Abraços,
Mari
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great
This is a really great poem i love it
Keep up the good work
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I thought this was a great poem! You managed to sustain flow throughout the entire poem as well as capture one's attention. That was a very good poem. Keep writing!
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Awesome!
I liked this a lot. The story told through a poem- it was great. You're right, your english isn't all the way there, but it's so good regardless! You have a bigger vocabulary in english than most of the english writers in allpoetry! You need to put up more!
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