Popular Poems About the Sea

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Water glistens in the backdrop
as summer washes a heated day
the beads rise up and gather me
tempting the seas across her bay

waves seem rough above the surface
but there lies a calmness deep below
a beauty that's overcoming
as I'm sucked in her undertow

her blueness is light and it welcomes
I delve down into her verve
swimming beside her pristine waters
embracing uniqueness in every curve

I don't need the moon nor the stars
to shine for me
or the winds to take me on home
for I got you alone to guide...

I called her name in the calmness of the wind
I watched her hair tumble down
like rocks down a seaside cliff
lilah was a rainbow above me
she held my hand today
and kissed my rosy face

lilah was away
the winds carried her beyond the sand
subtle rolls of thunder echoed through salty air
and lightning flashed around me
but she was smiling down
like the sun lights up for a flower
I waved goodbye
and watched the sky change

lilah was a hurricane
and I was caught in the pouring rain
the...

Nine thirteen, water laps over chain and rusted sheet metal,
I pop a break on, admire the Sun upon a well painted sky.
A man beside me fumbles over the goods inside his nose, a bus gets on in my lane meaning we'll get priority off,
there's small goodness in that.

And you
ask to leave the backseat,
carried to the top deck
for a better view of the Tamar below,
sowing the seeds of a deep love with water,
one of the few love affairs that matter.
The chain pulls, we watch the rotation a while, allow the Sun to bathe us with joy chemicals ...