This is inspired by the ocean, the powerful living waters of the earth. I suppose there isn’t much more to say about it.
Living Waters
The voice of nature sings on crashing waves,
Full might of her heart expressed in dashing waves.
Despite their all encompassing thunderous din,
What brilliant peace is wrought by clashing waves!
Nature’s essence foams on roaring waters;
Her spirit flows in sanative plashing waves.
Unparalleled in all the spanning lands,
Unbridled beauty leaps on flashing waves.
Bound in dance with the ageless circling moon,
In tandem rise and fall the smashing waves.
What, of all viable forces, can move the soul
More than the power and grace of pashing waves?
Carved throughout the pass of coursing ages,
Endless the shores are shaped by lashing waves.
Often alone Zahhar stands watching in awe
The awful wonder and life in thrashing waves.
This is my 21st ghazal.
Publication History:
LYNX (web-based) — October 2002