Low tide, my spirit slips into the sea
As visions vanish, leaving, taking me
Beyond the space with which I was endowed,
Back home a shadow lingers in the crowd.
All forces in this ocean merge to one
Volcanic power born within the sun,
Explosions blast, revealing what they can
Of this, the evolution of a man.
Once more a mighty wave comes crashing home
And flocks of birds give way to rushing foam
Which soon recedes revealing on the shore
A different man than whom we knew before.
With new found power far beyond my pains
I feel the spirit coursing through my veins.
"...All forces in this ocean merge to one
Volcanic power born within the sun,
Explosions blast, revealing what they can
Of this, the evolution of a man..."
From First Love to its destructive end and on to new beginnings, Mary Angela Nangini's poems explore the birth and death of a relationship. The powerful poems are presented in two parts with an introduction to her next book My Ontario Beautiful. (Th
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Volcanic power born within the sun,
Explosions blast, revealing what they can
Of this, the evolution of a man..."
Marvelous verse, John.