The Raging Sea

Frenchy

As I think back on my life now I have come to personally experience a verse from a song: "I'd rather be sorry for something I've done that for something that I didn't do." I guess that's just a variation of the old addage: 'Its better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all'. Fear is a natural (and good) thing but I wonder how much unwarranted fear has robbed us of things that we would have truly enjoyed. How many of us have hoarded life like a miser with found gold and in the process of holding on to it have now run out of time with which to spend it? I have come to realize that a dollar well spent brings more joy than a fortune that's just sat upon. Just like the candle that must burn to fulfill its purpose we must spend what it is that is so precious to us, our lives. For like the candle that is never lit, our lives unlived shall never serve their purpose.

The Raging Sea

The world is ours for so brief a time
We rant and rave and dance and cry
And all the while the clock unwinds
Till the day it’s done and away we fly

With feet planted firmly upon the shore
I watch while sails dance on a sea of blue
Like a stone I stand, frozen at the door
I peer through the portal but won’t go through

All my life I have watched ships sail to sea
While I stood safely upon the beach
To watch other men from the land break free
And in my heart to wish it was me

What lies beyond those thrashing crests
What dangers are churned up by the angry sea?
The fears that lie anchored in my breast
Forever deny me what lies upon the endless sea

But no more shall I an audience be
To the spectacle of life that rages wild and free
And live my life in gray mediocrity
While life is there for living in the raging sea

For no more shall I simply stare and stand
Afraid of spending what I have not earned
And deny my heart of dreams and plans
Of the life for which it has yearned

For an eternity upon this lifeless sand
To merely watch others be free
And all the while to mimic being a man
is not worth a moment in life’s sea

--Frenchy

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

larc

Well frenchy,

I sounds good and all, but can you prove it with 45 scriptures like MDS can?

That part about, "it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all". I want to add this for the ladies, "it is better to love a short man, than to never have loved a tall."

Frenchy, please forgive me for my sacriledge, but I just had to contribute.

mommy

Frenchy,
Is this another of your masterpieces? I love it:)

We rant and rave and dance and cry
And all the while the clock unwinds

I had a quote on my fridge for the longest time:
If you want to feel alive and experience something wonderful you have to risk great loss.Never gonna guess that was John Travolta:) I thought all he could do was dance! heehee
Thanks!
wendy

Edited by - MOMMY on 31 January 2001 10:0:49

Edited by - MOMMY on 31 January 2001 10:1:57

larc

Frenchy,

I'm sorry if I made light, and mommies words brought me right up tight, to take a second look at the words, and now they resonate because... I took chances and made mistakes, so shameful that I can not tell, and at the age of 60 I reflect, how much good and how much bad, but I know I did the best I knew, and have regrets, which I can not change, but wake up to another day and do the best I can, and like it says, that when we stare, we are "looking through a glass darkly", said our brother Paul.

Frenchy

larc:
I enjoyed the humor, no need to apologize. Thanks for the comments.

wendy:
No masterpieces, just crude attempts at expressions. Thank you.

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

Seven

Frenchy, Great poem. Thanks for your willingness to share this part of yourself with us over the past year.

But no more shall I an audience be.

It's never too late to start "leaving it all out on the field."

I'd rather have 30 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.Shelby,Steel Magnolias

thinkers wife

Frenchy,
How beautiful. It is so nice to be good with words. And I am so glad others are, it gives joy to me and others.
And such an apt expression for those of us who have thrown off fetters to be free and truly enjoy the simple things of life.
Thank you for sharing, it was truly beautiful!!
TW

Frenchy

Seven: Thanks. I remember Shelby in Steel Magnolias. That film was shot not far from where I live. I personally know the man that provided some of the furniture for the movie. It was a brave thing that Shelby did. Had she lived on for decades she would have always regretted not having tried. She understood that. It was a great story.
I met friend of yours in chat. Claire.

TW:
Thank you so much. I want to tell you that I enjoy your posts.

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

amicus

Frenchy,
Thanks for the poetry. Having just recently freed myself from the WTBTS I feel more alive than I have in years. I look forward to really living the rest of my life. The life of a "mimic" was a hollow life, indeed.

Frenchy

You're welcome, amicus. I glad that you enjoyed it.

-Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it-

The Raging Sea

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