Your Native Shore
A poem
Dear Edgar,
Through roaring seas, I call you home,
Along the shore, I seek your light.
Weary and worried, still you roam.
Your face and hair gleam through the night.
The Promised land is burning bright.
The agate lamp within my hand,
“Come join me”
“Where?”
The holy land.
Gently o’er a perfumed sea,
Your native shore shines gloriously.
Over the forest,
Past the Tor,
Eternity
Is evermore.
Your soul completes the great return
After you pass the sun, my dear,
Glory and grandeur, you will learn.
Another sea awaits you here.
With Naiad voices ringing near.
Over that forest,
Past the Tor.
Each must go,
Each must rest,
Upon that beach
Where ships remain out of reach
Westward in the lee
Of that silent, silver sea.
Gently o’er a perfumed sea,
Your native shore shines gloriously.
With Love,
Your Muses
This poem is from my up and coming short story collection, Read Here Thy Name.
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Jennifer Christiansen
Animal advocate, traveler, and bibliophile. Lover of all things dark and romantic.
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This was amazing. Love the lines the rhythm so well done. Hearted and subscribed
Beautiful poem Jennifer! it’s leaps across decades and finds its mark. 🥰
Beautifully written, evocative and well worthy of recognition! Congratulations!
You have captured a real lilting sadness with this. The repetion feels like the ebb of your silvery sea. Well done and congratulations on the top story. ❤
Wonderful love poem!!! Love this!!! Congratulations on T S too!!!💖💖💕
Beautiful, lyrical, beckoning. Congratulations on top story. I love this.
Outstanding! I felt like I was reading a classic.
Oh my. This was rhythmic and almost classical. That's the only way I can describe and even that doesn't do the poem justice. Well done and congratulations on your Top Story!
That was lovely, Jennifer! The rhythm feels like a wave.
Absolutely stunning!! Gothic and beautiful 🤩 congratulations on your top story
So much emotion packed into so few words! Fantastic job :) Beautiful, hopeful and filled with promise. The poem flows like the water in your picture 💕
Great piece ❤️😉Congratulations on your Top Story❤️😉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
gorgeous work! Congrats on your Top Story Jennifer!!!!
Top Story. Well deserved.
Wow, this is beautiful!!! I love that photo you took as well ❤️
Thank you for sharing. I love the flow of poetry and the pictures I get to see from hearing them. 😊💕