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| I kneel where the sea meets the shore and trail my fingers through the turquoise water. For a little while, I ask nothing of the world. I simply listen to the ripples, feel the sunlight on my skin, and let the ocean whisper whatever it comes to tell me. |
Hello. Do you love the ocean too?
I cherish the sense of calm it gives me. No matter how many times I see the sea, there is always something about it that makes me want to stay a little longer and simply watch.
There is something especially beautiful about shallow ocean water. When the sea is calm and the sunlight reaches through it, the water becomes the most incredible turquoise, so clear that I can see the sand beneath my feet and little patterns of dancing light moving across the ocean floor. Sometimes I find myself wondering how something as simple as sunlight, water and colour can create a place that feels almost magical.
I love kneeling at the shore and trailing my fingers through the water, feeling its coolness against my skin as tiny ripples spread away from my hand. I could sit there for ages watching them disappear into the blue.
In those moments, the ocean doesn’t feel enormous or wild. It feels quiet, peaceful and somehow close to me, as though I have found a softer side of something usually so powerful. The waves become gentle whispers, the sunlight flickers beneath the surface, and everything around me seems to slow down.
That feeling is what inspired this lyrical poem.
I wanted the words to capture more than what the ocean looked like. Lyrical poetry gives me a way to write about what a moment in nature makes me feel—the emotions, thoughts and little impressions that stay with me after the moment itself has passed. I wanted the turquoise water, the sunlight and the gentle movement of the sea to become part of that feeling.
This poem came from wondering how a colour could make me feel so calm. Turquoise is only a colour, yet when I see it glowing beneath the sunlight, it seems to carry a peacefulness of its own.
Perhaps that is one of the things I love most about nature. It can make us feel something before we even understand why.
Sometimes nature doesn’t need to say very much at all. Sometimes it simply gives us a beautiful place to be still for a while, and if we listen closely enough, perhaps we can hear its quiet poetry too.
Where Turquoise Whispers
I kneel where sea and sunlight meet,
Where turquoise gathers at my hand,
So clear I see the rippled light
Go dancing softly on the sand.
I trail my fingers through the blue,
And feel it slip between them slow,
As if the sea has come to tell
A quiet thing I ought to know.
No restless waves come rushing here,
No roaring water calls my name,
Just little folds of shining sea
That reach the shore and leave the same.
I watch the colour deepen where
The sandy shallows fall away,
From almost glass to turquoise bright,
Then blue beyond the curve of bay.
How can a colour feel like peace?
I wonder as I touch the sea.
Perhaps some things are beautiful
Because they ask us just to be.
So for a while I leave my words
And let the water hold my hand,
While turquoise whispers with the sun,
And peace comes quietly to land.
Khalia Wildawn 🌊
There’s more I’d love to share with you.
If this little piece of nature touched something in you, stay with me a while longer. I have more stories, poems and beautiful moments from the wild waiting to be discovered. Perhaps one of them will speak to your heart too.
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