The Elder of the Sea - Shirley C Gillotti

[Larry Robinson]

The Elder of the Sea



We gather, reverently rooting shapes into the soft sand.

You rise and bow, filling the sea with gratitude

Your profoundly deep and moist breaths echo inside our silent hearts

And the full spectrum of your body sounds

Shake the undulating tides toward shore.

You silently speak in many tongues so each of us can hear

the Truth inside our own and eager hearts.

We listen with unbroken intent.

Nothing is missed, no one is forgotten.

After many breaths, you breathe your ancient counsel:

I carry my young through these sacred waters that have 

Known many births.

One day my calf will travel alone and carry her own message 

In the tongue of the Great Mother.

Your own young already travels the Great Sea and

Listens before her time.

You belong to this timeless knowing

And now free to live among your own sacred waters.

Swim your way Home now,

Swim your way Home now,

You will always find me living in the Great chamber 

of your own heart.


	- Shirley C Gillotti