Summer Sonnets

Summer is obviously here.

I have begun writing to the tune of the ocean in my head. My poetry is that of the sea. 

My  fondest memories of my childhood were those of family vacations. We had a town house in Panama City Beach, Florida. The four of us, sometimes all of us (all 8 when my oldest sister and her children would come with us), would drive six hours and spend a week just playing in the pool, at the beach, mini golf, or at the tennis courts.

 My sister, who I actually by name call "Sister", and I would feel so hip when Deddy (what we all of us Watson girls call our father) would drive through downtown with the windows down and "Yeah" by Usher turned up real loud. Sister and I can remember this one time when it was on every radio station as we were driving and it was playing through every radio in every car we passed. 
We all laughed hysterically at this irony.

I guess that's why my thoughts suddenly stray to the beach at times such as this. When everyone has separated and started their own lives and gone their own way.

My oldest sister, Misti, is married to a wonderful man and has three beautiful children and a lovely home.
My other sister, Amber (who I just call Sister), is also married to her college sweetheart and they have two adorable baby pups and are fixing up a gorgeous mountain home.
I on the other hand am just finding my place in this big wide world. I have a loving boyfriend and wonderful friends and the most supportive family anyone could've ever asked for. But I still ask God for guidance everyday.

I guess now you're wondering about those poems and reflections. Well wait no more.

Good-Bye to the Sea

I stand at the edge of the sea

The ocean is dancing towards me

I watch his vessel vanish

The tears I cry are banished

The light is wadding in the waves

As the darkness veils this cave

The wind whistles through the rocks

The crab scurry when the birds knock

I call this home

I am now alone

His duty is to the sea

and finally the one that describes me personally...


 

          I Am a Traveler

I watch from the shore as the sun sets over the horizon.

My heart has already greeted the coming darkness,

For my heart lies beyond these tumbling waves.

The saltiness of my tears resembles that of the ocean.

I long to feel the adjacent shore beneath my feet

And feel the warmth of my love.