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In the interests of society,
we ask you, please, to not disturb the crab
on the beach. Leave him to his misery
if that’s what you perceive. Don’t let him nab
your purposes, knock over your sweet tea.
It is advised you find your own rock slab
from which to contemplate—and should you see
the same approaching vessel with its haul
of possibilities, and if the dawn
in that fine instant moves you from a crawl
to rise to knees and then to stand, look on.
Grant him his space to gravitate toward all
the joy he left behind when first he reached
across to soothe a crab upon the beach.
~~~
© Elaine Stirling, 2015
Oceantics 
Beautiful. Thank you
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Thank you kindly–much appreciated! 🙂
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I love the unexpected in this poem Elaine!
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Thank you, John! 🙂
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Ah, this photograph proved to be on point and articulate with your words expressing through it. 🙂 I may have been dallying a bit to long with the Great British Bake Off on these long dark evenings, because I immediately thought of your photo as the flour/water, the words as the yeast, and your talent putting all those ingredients together as the “proving” process. I do love how it all came together to yield such a delightful tasty morsel!
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The Great British Bake Off sounds delightful! It’s funny, Bridge, when I had the passing thought about this fellow, it would have passed forever, if you hadn’t “proofed” it with your comment about a story.On some warm window sill in the back of my brain, it all rose. 😉
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You are the reigning sonneteer (or sonneteuse?) in the blogosphere, in my (actually humble) opinion. I am also deeply jealous at the way you have with all these difficult forms, and the way you rhyme so naturally, without seeming to. Brava, ancora!
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Honestly, Mikels, that is the nicest thing anyone has said. Thank you! Sonnets used to terrify me…now I squeal with delight whenever they decide to show up.
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marvelous, funny and wise. an introduction of dr. seuss to dr. phil. lovely craft always.
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lol, b, thank you, what a great analogy! i haven’t reached out to crabs for quite a while now, and have to say–it frees up a lot of time. 😉
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WOW I could only dream of possessing the writing skills you have. Mikels put it perfectly…
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Thank you, Maria! You are very kind. 🙂
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