No, you aren’t fighting just for your people,
The Kurdish Braves,
But for all of us,
The 51 percent –
The 100 percent.
Freak Wave
Freak Wave
Mariners have been telling stories about freak waves for centuries
New scientific evidence supports the myths. Rogue, or freak waves, up to 30 meters high (100 feet) are single, massive walls of water that rise up from apparently calm seas and can sink ships.
They are not tidal waves or tsunamis, nor are they caused by earthquakes or landslides.
(BBC NEWS, November 12th, 2002)
(Poem best viewed on desktop.
Sound of waves from video at bottom enhances)
You came onto my life
like a
freak wave.
Everything rose,
then crashed over the deck.
The sturdy ship
lost
her
navigation,
the engine
temporarily
went out of
kilter.
Luckily
the strong ship
did not go
under!
After the freak wave passed
seeking other shores
to break on,
she fixed her compass,
re-drew her maps,
and undaunted,
went back on course
towards her
destination…
You came onto my life
like a
freak wave.
Everything rose,
then crashed over the deck.
The sturdy ship
lost
her
navigation,
the engine
temporarily
went out of
kilter.
Luckily
the strong ship
did not go
under!
After the freak wave passed
seeking other shores
to break on,
she fixed her compass,
re-drew her maps,
and undaunted,
went back on course
towards her
destination…
You came onto my life
like a freak wave.
Everything rose,
then crashed
over the deck.
The sturdy ship
lost her navigation,
The engine
temporarily
went out of kilter.
Luckily
the strong ship
did not go under!
After the freak wave passed,
seeking other shores
to break on
she fixed her compass,
re-drew her maps,
and undaunted,
went back on course
towards her
destination…
By Orit Adar,
7.1.2003
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This is a very beautiful poem!