Dublin in the 70`s

Dublin in the 70`s
Dublin in the 70`s

Friday, 22 May 2015

Oceanic, a poem.

Correspondence between ocean and our psychic depths,
Both visible and invisible forms of reality.
Subterranean, celestial fluidities coalesce,
Abyssal regions largely impenetrable,
Like the archaic energies of the psyche.
Living fossils largely unchanged over millions of years,
Lurking in the icy darkness of the bottom waters.
Whole ecosystems untouched by sunlight flourish in the sea,
Just as networks of accumulated experience flourish in the psyche,
Enhancing the waters regardless of our knowledge of their existence.
In each of us, salty, amniotic fluids run in our mnemonic veins,
Tidal currents course through our deeps and shallows,
Yielding to the rhythmic pull of moon and sun.
The undulations of our myriad intensities combine in
Ever-changing patterns reflected on our surfaces.
Just as the pattern of wave trains – intermingling, overtaking, passing,

Or sometimes engulfing one another – are endlessly reconfigured over the face of the sea.

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