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Tell, in poetry or prose, the story of seeing the ocean for the first time – your first time or a character’s. Is it transcendental, surprising, freeing, frightening, or simply sublime? What emotions does it naturally stir up? ["Colored Waves" by bradee_traverse, YWP]
I look over at the waves
Soft breeze on my face
The sun dancing brightly
On the rocks below
I clench my fist tightly
I know I want to go
The wind whips my hair
I almost start to shiver
the divine tranquillity of the vast ocean
the sounds of the waves, crashing into one another
it's peaceful, it soothes the racing thoughts in my mind
it stops time for a split second
standing on the shore, eyes wide with awe,
an endless horizon was the first thing I saw.
the depths of the ocean, where the mysteries lie,
waves whisper secrets to the moonlit sky.