Waves and Wind

Photo by Matt Paul Catalano on Unsplash

I have always understood
the language of waves and wind
on a deeper level. 

There are no words,
but the sea teaches surrender,
and the wind reminds me
that nothing is meant to stay still forever.

When my thoughts become tangled,
I return to the shoreline,
where the waves speak in repetitions,
and the wind carries away
all that I no longer need to hold.

And ’though I cannot translate
their wild, wordless dialect,
something in me always listens—
something in me always understands.

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Written for my prompt “the language of waves and wind”.

Jo xo