Sea-Salt

Gold cherry

By Jessiibear

Sat, 17 May 2025
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8 comments
 

Why is the sea blue?
They say it has to do
with reflection—or other—

but I think
there’s more to uncover.

So, if that’s true…
why is the sea so melancholy-blue?
It weeps like dawn-kissed grass in dew.
Hasn’t its stillness moved you, too?

Let your fingers flutter
in the sea’s low shudder.

Let your skin cool—
isn’t all of life
a flowing pool?

It knots itself in our bones.
We wear sorrow
like weathered wool.
Years like worn floorboards—
grief, yes: tides-full.

So—
let it cool you.
Slow your pulse.

This deep water does soothe—
blends salt-tears with sea-salt.

Certificate PG
Poem
Surreal
Philosophy
Drama
Nature
Other Fiction

Comments

Submitted by HarryC on

I like that play on words with 'blue' in the first line.  Fits with what the poem is really about.  Some nice images.  It's where life starts, after all.

Submitted by Jessiibear on

Thanks! I’m glad the “blue” line resonated with you 

Jess

Submitted by rjnewlyn on

This is our Facebook/Meta and Twitter/X Pick of the Day! Please share/re-post if you like it.

Picture Credit: https://openverse.org/image/28bad042-9e51-4011-9059-dfc44a2506a1?q=blue+...

(Jess – the picture has been added for publicity purposes. Please feel free to change or remove.)

 

Submitted by Jessiibear on

This has made my day -- thank you! smiley

Jess

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

This is beautiful Jessi, you've combined the calming nature of the sea with the salty sadness and how it ebbs and flows. It does soothe but you can't help but stare out and ruminate on all things lost.

 

Submitted by Jessiibear on

Thank you so much—that means a lot. The sea always feels like both balm and mirror to me. I love how you put it: “ruminate on all things lost.” It’s exactly that quiet ache beneath the calm I was trying to capture.

Jess

Submitted by D G Moody on

A well-deserved golden cherries; I liked the use of imagery and how you use the central metaphor of the blue sea to convey its healing.

Dougie Moody

Submitted by Jessiibear on

Thank you so much—your words really mean a lot. I’m glad the imagery and metaphor came through clearly. The sea has always felt healing to me, so it’s wonderful to know that resonated :)

Jess