THE RIPPLE EFFECT – WATER POETRY IN MOTION

Written by: Louise Keramaris www.infiniteinspiration.com.au
30th January 2017

Once upon a time in a far far far (oh so far!) away place there lived a magical glistening bold black flat sided rock that settled comfortably amongst the sand for millennia upon millennia…

One sacred and profound day along came a ruthless but humble human named Julia
Julia focused in and zoomed down on that glistening rock, at first sizing it up for whether it would be just right
Then seizing it and finally clenching it firmly in her hand oh so tight!
She suddenly got hold of a phenomenal momentum in her stride true and fast
And as she positioned her posture she flicked across a mighty cast


It skidded swiftly with a forceful energy creating water whiskers in the ocean
A sea gull swooped down shedding a few sheer feathers in its flight of motion
“Wowser!!” Julia expelled as she felt so mighty proud
The surface of the water heaved up in volume to meet its crowd
And then this waterfall of rising water shards came tumbling down
This culminating force of water transformed into a whirlpool effect of a crashing sound
Rings of waves caressed in interlocking ebbs and flows that heaved and pushed
Then came another trough of water, a crest and then a trough that wooshed
The phenomenal cascading force started to rise up with a force of the earth behind it
A torrent of the most magnificent wave so unique in its being that delighted


Off in the distance Julia looked out into the horizon
Not realising the force that was upon the ocean at large a soaring siphon
She heard a ferocious wind whirling in the distance calling out to her
It was as if the wind whispered in her ear and hollered out to stir
She had read somewhere that waves were made from the product of the wind
As she reflected on the ripples that she created with the skid of her rock just skinned
Julia’s attention was now focused on the most colossal wave of water emerging
She felt the strong caress of the wind across her face that swept and flicked her hair now surging
She felt the chill of the extraordinary interaction of the wind on the ocean
Julia became entranced with the rumbling wave that was coming to her with a motion
The strength of the Greek God Poseidon
She had a flashback to this god creating violent sea storms that sure frightened
Julia’s imagination took her on a ripple of a dream state
In an instant she saw the fierce Poseidon rising up to her fate
Warning mere mortals of the destruction that lay ahead…
Julia was struck with such awe that she lost her own tread..


In the second that lapsed, Julia was suddenly enveloped and sprayed with a cascade of water
It gushed and drenched her core crushing the sand in her being of mortar
She was stunned by the salt water in her eyes
A stinging that forced her to shout out her cries
The salt water soaked up her dress and stuck to her body essence..
She felt a sharp edge in her rib like a familiar presence
Julia tore into her rib and with a gasp and a cry
She couldn’t believe what she saw - you bet - this was no lie
A glistening black flat sided rock she was no way mistaken
It was the same magical rock she had found and had taken
The same rock that had created the ripple on the ocean’s surface
The same rock that connected to propel the strength of the wind’s precipice
Which in turn channelled the towering wave to manifest
The forces of nature creating a ripple effect in a soaring crest


Julia was mesmerised by this awe
She understood that this was nature’s law..
A ripple effect that lasted forever more…