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Wonders of the Seven Seas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 11th Hour\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/seventhsolstise\/wonders-of-the-seven-seas\/ Wonders of the Seven Seas Dreaming that I was swimming, in the turquoise waters of the Coral Reef, I heard a sinewy voice calling me, I looked back further to see clearly, a big burly character with a cigar in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1186,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71606"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79372,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71606\/revisions\/79372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Dreaming that I was swimming,<\/em>\r\nin the turquoise waters of the Coral Reef,<\/em>\r\nI heard a sinewy voice calling me,<\/em>\r\nI looked back further to see clearly,<\/em>\r\na big burly character with a cigar in his teeth,\r\nexhaling smoke - soft and pillowy,\r\n<\/em>Yelling and laughing and daring me,<\/em>\r\nto come aboard!<\/em>\r\n\r\n\"Ahoy mate!\u00a0 Ahoy mate!<\/em>\r\nCome with me,<\/em>\r\nto a new dimension - an aquatic fantasy!\"<\/em>\r\n\"Come into the ship and I'll take you where you<\/em>\r\nwill never want to leave,<\/em>\r\nto the deep, deep recesses of the Seven Seas.\"<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe ship was as large as the girth of the ocean,<\/em>\r\nit had no helm to guide it and made no motion.\r\n<\/em>On air, it seemed to glide,\r\nnot disturbed by the encompassing sea,<\/em>\r\nrichly covered in silver, diamonds<\/em>\r\nand gold leaf.<\/em>\r\n\r\nI swam, so excited to travel the tides,<\/em>\r\nand discover new places on this seafaring ride.<\/em>\r\nThe bow was set and the flag of the mast, unfurled.<\/em>\r\nWithout warning,we plunged towards unknown worlds.<\/em>\r\n\"Ahoy, ship ahoy, as the ocean waters swirled!\"<\/em>\r\n\r\nI saw a huge black hole open up in the silent deep,<\/em>\r\nand the monstrous ship begin to surge and steep<\/em>\r\ninto the whirling waters where darkness creeps.<\/em>\r\nAs if I were the figure-head,\r\nI held tightly to the stern unafraid,\r\nStanding proudly.\r\n<\/em>\r\nI could not tell if I were dreaming,\r\n<\/em>but I could feel my throbbing heart beat.<\/em>\r\nI was breathing in tandem with \r\nthe motion of<\/em> these watery seas.\r\nSo enamored and so blessed to believe,\r\nsuch an amazing adventure \r\nwas granted to me.\r\n<\/em>\r\nSuddenly, a brilliance of multicolored <\/em>\r\nlight illuminated the darkness where lived<\/em>,\r\nthe most glorious sea creatures<\/em>\r\nand ornamental fish.<\/em>\r\nThey drew me toward them by some invisible force,<\/em>\r\nand though I never opened my mouth,<\/em>\r\nThey answered every question,<\/em>\r\ndiscourse by discourse.<\/em>\r\n\r\nI was given special clothing, \r\nso delicate and intricate,\r\nthat I would need for protection<\/em>\r\non this aqueous trip. <\/em> \r\nThe food was heavenly, fulfilling and light,<\/em>\r\nI never had fear to hide or take flight.<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe Captain's face signaled me - it's time,<\/em>\r\nto return to the rocky shores,<\/em>\r\nfrom my aquatic paradise,so divine.<\/em>\r\nFor awake I am,<\/em>\r\nand the dreams no more.<\/em>\r\nWhat amazing voyages<\/em> I await to explore, \r\nin the imaginations of my mind<\/em>\r\nFrom ocean to ocean,<\/em>\r\ntour to tour..<\/em>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"