Edge of Extinction

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Edge of Extinction

Flirting with the ocean
Standing on jagged rocks
Daring it to dress her
with its beauty
To take her completely
Into its arms
and hold her down
until she could breathe
no more
Teasing and begging
for the attention
Wishing to surrender
to its power but,
her lover not receptive
 
Screaming above the waves
of anger lashing at rocks
her voice fell, unheard
The night dark and broody
but a velvet sky pushed back
the lingering curtain of clouds
Silence fell with a halted wind
and the angry sea
slowed its breath to a whisper
Tempt me no longer, it said
You use me to dull your pain
but I will not take you this night
Instead I will wash it away
So you may live another day
 
 
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Lisa is hosting D'Verse Poets tonight and has
prompted us with "Edge" and "Fringe".  I am sharing
a reworked poem that I had written several years ago.
I think it works for this challenge. 

Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

31 thoughts on “Edge of Extinction”

  4. That’s where we will be on the edge of extinction, if we don’t do something soon. I love the image in the opening lines, Christine, ‘flirting with the ocean / standing on jagged rocks / daring it to dress her / with its beauty’.

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    1. Thank you Kim. The original of this poem was in response to a D’Verse prompt of metaphor a few years ago. I changed it a little and kept most of the metaphors as you can see! ☺️

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  6. Oh, this is so powerful. There’s a whole story in these two stanzas. I particularly liked the language of the first stanza–flirting with the ocean.

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    1. Thank you so much Merril. I always think Nature has a way of curing us, no matter the ailment ☺️

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    1. Thanks Lisa, I thought the old poem might work with some adjustments. I’m happy it worked for the prompt. Thanks for all you do at D’Verse ☺️

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