Poem - Towers in the Ocean

Towers in the Ocean
By Phil Turner

Created at the beginning of time itself

Never moving but full of life

Silent sentinels that tower above me

At war with the ocean

Their battles are violent

Often scarred and crippled but forever defiant

Ghostly shadows silhouetted during the night

They grey, then turn gold

As the sun is born from the eastern ocean

Giving flight to the eagle who rides their thermals

And life to the swallows that nest in their hollows

But unforgiving to those who climb their heights

In their presence I lie and they give warmth

In their alcoves I hide and they give me shelter

I stand in their aura and they touch my soul

Their ancient spirits entangle my mind

For when I am with them I feel their being

Never moving but full of life - Towers in the Ocean.

                                                                        P.J.T.