Rhythm of the sea.

“I want to learn how to speak to anyone at any time 

& make us both feel a little bit better, lighter, richer, 

with no commitments of ever meeting again. 

I want to learn how to stand wherever with whoever and still feel stable. 

I want to learn how to unlock the locks to our minds, my mind, 

so that when I hear opinions or views that don’t match up with mine, 

I can still listen and understand. 

I want to burn up lifeless habits of following maps & to-do lists, 

concentrated liquids to burn my mind & throat

& I want to go back to the way nature shaped me. 

I want to learn to go on well with whatever I have in my hands at the moment

in a natural state of mind,

certain like the sea.

I will find comfort in the rhythm of the sea.” 

― Charlotte Eriksson