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The Soliloquy of Sea Glass
Discards we are, emptied of value
Cast aside, forgotten, meaningless
Our varied hues bartered no regard
In being retained, kept or refilled.
Some shattered while some whole
Stripped of purpose, riding hither
And yon upon the global currents
Which we could not control
Our original intent was consumed
Then invalidated by our abrupt release,
That weighted existence forced
A downward path into the dark
Further indignities awaited there,
As a million sand particles dug
Into us, abrided, scratched and
Scarred; change forced harshly upon us
So we drifted in the dark coolness
Of invisibility, and we transformed.
Sharp edges gave way to softness,
Clarity muted to opaqueness
Tumbled, tossed, dragged and scattered
We were waiting patiently to return
To the light, to firm ground,
Previously the place we always gained purchase
When the day came that Sea
Delivered us up, our chrysalis time
Complete, we squinted and lay
Quietly upon the beach, spent
Who knew of the gathering and grabby hands,
The sounds of wonder from mouths
Whose lips we may have touched before,
Naming our value again, now in beaten and broken form
We began as broken vessels, yet at this moment
Sit on display in cases, in niches and frames,
Admired and desired, snatched up for our beauty,
That beauty birthed from being tossed aside
As with sea glass, so it can be also with people.
~SMK
Inspiration: A fascination with sea glass; its colors, shapes and how it gets from there to here.
Quite. Simply. Beautiful.
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Thank you Paul 🙂
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I agree with Pepe, I love it and it is masterfully penned. 🙂
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Would that be…mistressfully penned? (grin).
Thank you Starr, it is CTC family that this waited to be birthed for.
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Oh I like that, mistressfully, indeed a word well worth adding to our vocabulary! I love that CTC family helped spawn its arrival. 🙂
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I love it.
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Pepe! So good to see you. Any new art work? And thank you for your strong endorsement.
The title had been in my mind for over two years. Yet, only last night did the structure appear, and then I had to wait until the reasoning was known to post it. You validate that 🙂
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It’s nothing short of a masterpiece.
I’ve been trying to get back into digital painting, oh my… remembered it to be more intuitive. 🙂
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You are too kind, but thank you.
I’ve only worked with oils and watercolors in the far distant past. I look forward to digital painting, which I’ve never heard of!
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lovely! 🙂
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Thank you very much! So glad you stopped by 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Cut-Throat Clubhouse and commented:
A tribute to my CTC family, redefining beauty.
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