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Dancing Beneath Water

December 12, 2008
By Anonymous

Languid moves of ocean tides
Rings a melody of truth
But do you dare abide?

To feel the grace of water
Does it caress skin
Does the passion burn any hotter?

Can you feel sand beneath your feet?
Can you see the sun break the surface?
And to what moment do you seek?

The sound of crashing waves
The roaring in your ears
Is a gift nobody ever gave

Rather it was stolen
Bought and tied with bows
And inside is something broken

But it was meant to be uncontained
Rivaling freedom in its essence
Meant to dance beneath water untamed.

The author's comments:
I realize that this poem is a complexity, and I'm sure there really is no honest clue as to what it means. However, I wanted to define a sense of rebellion and dangerous flirtation with something forbidden. Freedom is a privlege we often associate with rebellion because often my generation takes that freedom to a embellished level, where it should only be within stipulations we find it intoxicating to be over the top, to have that high that shouldn't exist within our realm of knowledge. This poem is kind of a dare and example of something exempifying that rebellion and freedom.

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