I find myself walking with a purpose to the Sands by the ocean. I love to see the ocean waves, Love to hear the sounds of the surf coming in and going out. I have such a need for the ocean right now that I find myself ingoring every living person along my way to the Beach. As I walk I see many of the normal birds of the sea like Seagulls and Pelicans plying in the sky. I hear the sounds of the songs of each bird and it just makes me all the more anxious to get to the Beach now so I start Running even though there is less than 2 blocks to go now. I had set out early in the day so the sun is just starting to dawn the horizon what a lovely sunrise on the eastern horizon. Lots of lovely shades of reds and purples and Oranges. I think there is a lot of Golds and yellows as well just around the sun.
I finally make it to the beach. Where I stop to catch my breath from my morning jog. I finally stand up from my bent over position to find that the beach is even more lovely than I had ever Seen it in my waking life. This ocean Rolls In and out just as the most steady rythmic heart beat. I walk down to the very edge of the water and find that my shoes magickally disappear off my feet,This is wonderful as I don't want to have to carry them.
I start a very slow canter across the beach that goes for mile and miles. This beach seems to never have an ending in sight. I feel as if I could walk around the whole world on this streach of beach alone. Making me think back to what was said by bilbo The road that leads you away from your door will always lead you home again. How right Bilbo was but as that road leads you away from your door it too will lead you to the most beautiful places in the Universe like this beach.
I stop for a moment to listen to the Seagulls sing there ever so wonderful song, Caw.. Caw..... CAW..Caw. Caw. Caw.... Just then as I was stairing off into the vast distance above the water i caught the sight of a bird doing its spiraling dive into the water to get it's breakfest. This is a really amazingly big bird it is so far out there that it appears to be small. I decided to keep my eyes out for Sea shells as I have a passion for anything that is from the sea. As that decision is made
I started to slowly walk again as I don't want to miss any of the sights or sounds that come from my favorite place of all time. This beach however I'm noticing it totally devoid of all Litter and Polution that you would find in the waking worlds ocean beaches. This is so refreshing to find. I love the purity of the Salty Air this is a wonderfully refreshing invigorating smell. I can smell the lack of Polution here in this ocean.
As I look down i find a Seashell that is beautiful yellow almost Golden in color. This looks to me like a Scallop shell but I have never seen on such a wonderful shade of Golden Yellow before. I also find that there is a Velvet bag with sea shells in the cloth that magickally apeared as I picked up this shell. I decided that maybe this was a hint that i could collect these wonderful memories and put them in this bag. This Velvet bag is the most wonderful shade of Auqa Blue/Green color. I love the vividly colorful Seashells on this cloth. Reminds me of this Amazingly colorful seashell i have just found. To my amazment the Seashells on the outside of this bag are moving out will pop this little crature and walk a little bit then spring into the shell again. Wonderfully animated. I decide to keep walking frequently smelling the ocean air. This is where my heart truly lives there is nothing more peaceful than the ocean for me.
I stop to watch the last of the sun rise now. All the wonderful colors are disappearing as they make way for the Amazingly warm sun. This sun just warms my cool body to the core of My being as it comes into full clairity I am going to fully enjoy the hole day out here.
I look up the beach only to see some ways in the distance someone Jogging down the beach listening to music in there headphones. What an amazing thing it would be to Jog down the beach so exillerating I think to myself so I decide to jog for just a little bit as I don't what to miss to much by moving to quickly I didn't come here to be in a hurry but that looks like fun. Then with a burst of speed I take off....... OH how Free I feel I'm not even getting winded I think I could do this for hours. However after Jogging a ways done the beach I came to a Drift wood tree log the Roots sticking up in the air just in the most perfect way to make a back rest. I decided to sit down and rest my body while just watching the sea and smelling the air while listening to the sounds of the Sea life around me. I feel so comfortable on this old hard log all the world is right at this very moment all the world is in perfect Peace and Harmony. I watch the Seagulls circleing around over head for who knows how long. OH how I love the smell of the ocean air. This is defently what my soul needs.
Just then a Seashell washes up on the beach. This shell I'm noticing is very much alive as it sticks out it's little legs and starts to walk. This is some kind of Crab I think. in a very different shell than I'm used to. I decide to go say hello to this little creature of the ocean and wish it the best and brightest happiest blessings. I get up and walk over very slowly as to not scare it. I find in my pocket a small sack of Tuna i pull out some and set this small amount of tuna in front of this little crab and hope that he will eat this easy meal. Ocean life I know is hard on all the creatures that live in it as the Ocean is a vast variety of all kinds of creatures that is at it's most wild. This little Crab ducked inside it's shell when it felt my foot steps but now.... It has come out to look at this very strange land creature is only what i can imagine what it thinks I am. I know that the Creatures of the land must seem strange to even the most balance of Ocean animal who can walk on land too. This little crab is wonderful it has on claw that is really big and Black the other one is Small like he has just recently lost one and has this one growing in it's place. The little claw is very bright blood read. He has eyes that are outside the shell and on what look like little tubes wobbling around looking at me. When it finally smells or sees the food offering that I have given it he takes a tenative step forward then ducks into the shell again. I just sit there and watch him he is so facinating. A few minutes later he pops out and makes a mad dash to the food I set out for him just another inch or two till he was there anyways. As he gets there he ducks inside his very nicely decorated home again for just a minute till he knows I'm not going to try and pick him up. Then he pulls the Tuna toward him and starts to eat. I tell him my Thanks and Blessings and stand to walk away. He just looks at me as I walk away.
Just a short ways down the beach I find another shell very empty this time. a very old looking shell. Now I'm no expert but it looks like a very very old almost petrified Tadpol triton shell. I pick it up and smell it. OH that wonderful smell I love so much is so strong on this shell it is still wet. I think it was tumbling around in the ocean for some time and only recently came on shore.
A seagall just caught some breakfest only a short distance way out in the sea there amazing when they dive into the ocean waves only to bring a fish up and out of the water with them in there beaks. I love this feeling of pure freedom that I get when I'm next to the ocean the Vibrant energy that makes me feel so alive is what I'm thinking as I stair out across the sea surface again. I am always so amazed at how much good the ocean can do for ones soul but all the damage it can do to as a natural force of nature, It can be destructive too.
I walk over to the water and let the waves roll over my feet up to my ankles. Wow it is so Cold i wouldn't want to swim in the ocean right now. But oh it does feel so good on my feet and ankles. This wet cold salt water is all a person needs to feel the most alive they have ever felt in there life.
I decide to start walking again this time I keep my eyes on the Horizon out in the distance over the ocean surface I don't want to miss seeing anything that maybe happening out in the ocean when I walk right into someone. OH Harry nice to see you here I didn't expect you. His warm comforting eyes look straight into mine and tells me that He isn't here to give me a job just to be my company on my day at the ocean. He asks if I would let him walk with me. I sigh and Whisper I would really enjoy that. We start walking He stays Quiet watching the peaceful experession on my face that I know and can feel there.
I look down at my feet only to find that i almost stepped on another seashell. I hand him the Seashell bag and bend down to pick it up. This shell I know I have had one in my bathroom for many years it is the same kind of shell that i got as a child form my trip to the waking world ocean beach in lincoln city oregon.This shell is called a Saul's Murex. This one isn't as big as the one i have in my waking reality however it still is talking to my soul and is beautiful. I jesture for the bag back from Harry he hands it to me and I carefully place this shell in the shell bag along with the others that I have collected.
We continue walking when he askes what I like the most about the ocean? I look at him so he recognizes I heard him and am not ignoring him as I consider how to put it into words. When i finally start talking I tell him. It is a feeling very hard to describe but the best way to tell you what that feeling even begins to feel like mind you this is an understated description, I feel the world is at total Balance and Peace when I'm on the ocean's beach I feel more alive and vibrant when in the presents of this massive body of under world life. I am mezmerised by the Rythmic ocean waves and find that my soul feels so much better in the healing energies this place puts off. I can't describe it much beyond that without trying to say the same thing a million different ways that never quiet make the cut for how The ocean truly makes me feel. I tell him. Please understand there are no words for the way this place is perfect for me or why it is so.
Finally as the sun sets with the most vibrant colors of Blues and Purples, Pinks and Oranges with wisps of Reds I walk toward the edge of the beach and go back to my waking reality where I only wish i could spend more time always. There is just never enough time on the ocean.
Written by Faith Silverwolf (C)2009
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