From water I was born to life
I rose through waves to joy and strife
To be a guardian and a guide
To Earth and ocean, sea and sky
That were not home.
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I breathed the salt of ocean-tide
I rode the currents, warm and wide
I soared o’er lake and pool and sea
Sweet summer winds did carry me
But never home.
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I swept along the river-path
Rejoiced in rainstorm’s aftermath
I saw the daybreak, soaring high
Wash over all the sand and sky
But ’twas not home.
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I wept as rain abandoned Earth
My weeping watered and gave birth
To seed which bloomed into Their bread;
Their precious children I had fed,
And yet I longed for home.
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At night I lie beneath the stars,
And still I dream of home afar.
This life is like an endless sea,
Ever drifting under me
It makes me ache for home.
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I’ve seen the beauty of the world
Since first my young wings were unfurled
I hold its agony and rain
Within my heart, as my own pain
For it is Their home.
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But when I leave the ocean-foam,
The water I was made to roam,
Called at last, one weary flight
To rest forever in the Light,
I’ll know that I am home.
Clare-Therese, did you ever read “The Fairy Flower Alphabet”, with poems and watercolors by Cecily Mary Barker? She is one of my favorite British children’s authors/artists, and this poem strongly reminds me of her works! I used to love listening to the CD of her poems put to Reannaissance-style music when I was little, and would dance about in ballet slippers and a pink scarf!
I don’t do the dance anymore (lol!), but I still listen to the music and think it is lovely. Anyway, getting back to the subject at hand, I think it’s neat the way you were able to turn your “fairy-tale” into an allusion about the afterlife! Maybe you could create your own “alphabet”, one fairy at a time! 😉
Thanks, Rosaria Marie! Actually I am familiar with the Flower Fairy Alphabet and I’ve listened to a couple of the songs! What a neat idea to create my own family of fairies! Who knows? 🙂
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WELL-DONE….WATER SCULPTURE AND FLOWING VERSE!!!
Very beautiful! I identify very strongly with water and its related creatures, both real and mythological. When I was reading, I had a dual image of this poem being sung by both a magical water faerie and some alien being that had been trapped on Earth and got mistaken for a magical being. I especially liked the first 3 stanzas. Well done!
Thanks so much, Kat! I think it’s so neat how poetry can connect people’s ideas and feelings. The idea of not belonging on earth but in our real home of Heaven was strong for me and something I wanted to implant in this water faiere. What a neat idea about the alien creature! That would make a cool novel. . . 🙂
Thanks again for your comment!
God Bless!