The Same Sea
Lillian S.
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I wrote this poem at 2am after nine hours of studying, staring at a screen endlessly and wishing more than anything that I could float away. I was exhausted and burnt out, missing the ocean so deeply that I decided to write it a love poem before going to sleep. I modeled "The Same Sea" in the physical shape of a wave, mirroring how the sea has seen me and every other person on earth in every stage of their lives. It is more ancient than anything on Earth, a constant cycle of old waters. I believe that water has memory along with peace and power, but it does not reveal its many secrets at a surface level glance. I concealed a second poem within the larger one in the form of bold words to convey the nature of the ocean: the true essence of its being and history is always below the surface.
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Creativity is the expression of my many lives, lived and imagined.
