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maddishly:

You look like an electrical storm
waiting to happen.
There is thunder in the way
you crack your bones; 
you only smile when it rains, and
I’ve finally figured out why. It’s
because there is lightning in you
and you’re bursting at the joints
to let it out.

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1 year ago
poetry
john
masefeild
sea
fever
Sea Fever

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way, where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

-John Masefeild

Notes
2 years ago
sea
poetry
writings
When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
- Samuel Johnson
Notes
2 years ago
sea
poetry
writings
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It’s always our self we find in the sea.
- ~e.e. cummings
Notes
2 years ago
sea
poetry
writings
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
- Vincent Van Gough