Have you ever stood on the shore
Staring at the incoming tide?
She comes in to embrace you only to pull away again.
She swirls and sizzles just before
She rebels and retracts.
With each push she brings new treasures
As she pulls they remain to be discovered.
As does a child grow before your very eyes
Does the wonder of the incoming tides.
The child does too embrace you but in the blink of an eye will leave you.
They scream and giggle.
Rebel and retract? Oh the child will do this, that is a fact.
And with each day this child is a treasure.
A true God given gift I have discovered.
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Author:
SunSearcher (
Offline) - Published: January 3rd, 2017 07:58
- Comment from author about the poem: A comparison of two of my loves, my 3 children and the ocean.
- Category: Family
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Awesome write, when I lived on the East coast, I used to watch the waves all the time
This is a lovely comparison poem
anyone with 3 beautiful and healthy
children is truly blessed. teach the children well! peace ww
Not only do children grow and go away, but, like time, they all grow on us and go away. I understand this to & fro flow... I enjoyed it to the point of thinking of my grown children coming and going out of our life.
Thank you all for your encouragement. This the first one I have ever made public.
~SS
Very beautiful and touching. And, the picture you chose is perfect. So glad for you and your family. It is good that you are teaching them about the ocean and the feeling of standing on the shoreline. Such a feeling of freedom and open space!
WELCOME SS ~ Love your metaphor of the ocean for a LADY and for CHILDREN awesome. Your poem is well structured and the content very erudite. ~ Thanks for sharing. Please check my poems # Thank BRIAN (UK).
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