<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=448388" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Down To The Sea</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I went down to the sea<br>to wash my sins away</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I went down to the sea<br>to cleanse myself of lusting after revenge<br>of guilt slinging<br>of lying when speaking <br>of not having the courage to speak the truth<br>of turning my back when I should have stood and faced things</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I went down to the sea to wash my sins away<br>of neglect of others<br>of those I hated upon<br>cursed silently<br>of times I threw anger in someone's face<br>abused the weak<br>and those who couldn't fight back or whom were mute.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I went down to the ocean shore<br>to sink beneath the waves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>But the sea rejected me<br>sending me back<br>to make things right<br>laying me prone on the shore<br>amid the seaweed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ocean said</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'My waters are pure<br>and cannot be despoiled by those<br>seeking to drown themselves in me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No, come back after you have<br>made amends<br>and done the work you need to do<br>and then my sparkle waves<br>will greet you<br>as a child<br>who's come home<br>to play in my sweet eddies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Come back after you have made yourself clean<br>and worthy of my ocean-tides<br>my river flows<br>my welcoming, swift currents.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are made mostly of my waters<br>and then thus<br>coming back<br>we will be joined again<br>properly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lonnie+Hicks">Lonnie Hicks</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=448388" data-title="Down To The Sea de Lonnie Hicks" data-description="I went down to the sea to wash my sins away I went down to the sea to cleanse myself of lusting after revenge of guilt slinging of lying when speaking of not having the courage to speak the truth of turning my back when I should have stood and f..."></div> </div> </div>

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