NaPoWriMo #17 - Blessed Renewal

National Poetry Month Prompt #17 (From ReadWritePoem) - Something Elemental.    
     Let’s be elemental. Fire, earth, water, wind. They touch our lives every day. Choose one that interests you, then take a point of view that is not so much your usual. Observe what interaction you’ve known, or not known, with this element.
     You might make it personal or take the element’s point of view (how might humans appear to you from that stance?) or wander where you may. Tell us something about your element that we don’t know.
     You’re welcome to make your own rules, and as always, the most important point is simply to write and share, however it comes your way! Have fun!

Blessed Renewal

I come to your table to breathe.

I inhale your salty air,

deeply,

replacing torturous thoughts with tranquility;

absorbing your breathtaking beauty…

marveling at your power.

As your rhythmic waves wash over

the simmering sand,

you wash away my stress and sorrow;

laying fresh a basin for new feelings

and experiences.

I bow in reverence as the sun

slips slowly beneath your distant horizon –

extinguishing its fiery flame.

As the moon begins its nightly watch,

I am mesmerized by your

shimmering undulations…

reflections

of forgotten dreams.

For a moment,

time stands still

as serenity

seeps silently

inside

my

soul;

blessed renewal.

I praise

your

gift.

©Bridget Nutting, 2010