Original Poem “Ocean”
written by Charlie Morris
Adapted and rewritten
by JM Hauser
“The Ocean”
“Goddess cupped Her breath in aery hand
and I, lone Ocean, swelled and swam
below that breath of God on- high,
and I, the Ocean, met Her mid-sky,
reaching up to sweetly meet it,
our palms touching, to briskly greet it…
….and through this effort…
I was Wave.
I was Wave and felt the call of Moon!
Of white-capped rollers on shore soon,
and how I loved that lush liquidity,
this ancient rite of pure lucidity,
pausing at the shore’s crashing edge,
and then I burst upon that sandbar hedge,
a roaring force of my own momentum,
pouring forth to a new dimension…
….and through this effort…
I was Surf.
I became many, many frothing bubbles
and we were urgent, tossing troubles
of sand and shells and salt and tide.
We all danced together on this ride
under Moon, giving birth
on this living, loving Earth.
We bubbles eventually lay there dreaming
knowing nothing, we had no meaning.
What was left of me dissolved like foam,
sank into sand, sank down alone
but then water crashed harsh o’er me
pulled me back, back to the sea,
back to the ocean, exposing beach,
distanced from my watery reach.
Then Moon smiled again and I rolled into Wave.
Goddess cupped Her breath, I swelled, I swayed,
amid aery mist, cloud and wind,
and then I fell, I begin again.”
END
JM Hauser 