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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2006-07-29 05:14 pm

Dreamt of the colors of the changing sea

This afternoon, [livejournal.com profile] chriscrick took me and [livejournal.com profile] hans_the_bold out sailing on the Long Island Sound. We worked the jib; he had the mainsail and steered. The sky was summer-swimming blue and the wind was steady, and the sea was sunlit green and there were seals on the rocks. Drifts of rust-colored seaweed floated past in the water. There is salt crystallized in my hair and my right hand is blistered; I went barefoot until we got back to campus, and my corduroys are soaked through at the knees. I am much, much better.

[identity profile] hans-the-bold.livejournal.com 2006-07-29 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
There's nothing like the spray of the sea in your hair and against your skin. It reminds you that you live.

It was wonderful.

[identity profile] nineweaving.livejournal.com 2006-07-29 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
If there's a sea-Antaeus, you're her avatar.

May you never be far from an ocean.

Nine

[identity profile] shewhomust.livejournal.com 2006-07-30 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
This reminded me of The Incredible String Band:
You never enjoy the world aright
Till the sea itself floweth
In your vein...
- and why should I be earwormed alone?