.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Til human voices wake us, and we drown.
~T.S. Eliot
 
 
 
 
And the lost heart stiffens and rejoices,
And the lost lilac and the lost sea voices
And the weak spirit quickens to rebel
For the bent goldenrod and the lost sea smell.
~T.S. Elliot 
 
 
 
Sea or Under the Sea
 
Sea is to see, 
Under the Sea is also to see, 
when we see the sea, or under the sea, 
when we dive into the sea, or swim in the sea, 
surfing, sailing, fishing, our simply running a small boat, 
we will see all, 
all the baeuty, 
all the nature, 
calmness, and proud of the sea, 
we shall learn a lot, 
of the wildlife, a warmness, a welcoming of the sea, 
how can we ignore the depth, while we are watching the depth, 
how can we ignore the width, while we are swimming across, 
how can we ignore the huge volume of the water, while we are in the middle of the sea, 
sea is for us to learn, 
sea is for us to teach, 
sea is for us to live, 
once you ignore the fact, 
sea is for us to die.
sea is our heart, 
sea is our lover's heart, 
sea is the human reflection, 
sea is everybody, 
sea is you, 
sea is me, 
sea is he or she, 
sea is nobody, 
sea is the reflection of god, 
sea is us, 
sea takes its color from the sky, 
sky takes its color from the sun, 
sea is a sun, 
sea, sun and the sand, 
desert, ocean, and the moon, 
dreamland of me, 
do we need more proof, 
if we are not blind and deaf, 
we shall extend our love to all, 
as a sun, a moon, a sea, a desert, 
we shall take each other, s color, 
no matter who has it, 
we need to share, 
in order to live, 
we need to explore, 
in order to have, 
we need to be, 
why not to be, 
 
Esmaeil Esbati