Mother Ocean,
Woo us to your nurturing, watery womb.
Calm us with your rhythmic waves
as they lap the shore.
Help us to understand that,
as your tide comes and goes,
so do the events and situations in our lives.
Heal our bodies
with your salt and your seaweed.
Make us as pure and as innocent
as your denizen.
And, most of all, please keep us fluid. |

Sharon Fithian,
DeLand, Florida
Image by David Fithian |