The Inner Compass

Day 4. 

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"The Inner Compass" is a poem depicting a gray seal resting on the shore, protected by marine environmentalists, surrounded by ribbons.

This poem aims to raise awareness of the lives of marine life and the health of the ocean. They live in harmony with the seasons and the tides.

「内なる羅針盤」は、海の環境保護人たちにリボンで囲まれ、守られながら海岸で休むハイイロアザラシを描いた詩です。

この詩は、海洋生物の生命と海の健全性への意識を高めることを目的としています。彼らは季節や潮の満ち引き​​と調和して生きているのです。

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The Inner Compass

My friend
You swim a hundred miles
Wandering the azure sea
As long as the seasons allow
You glide through every wind

Your immense journey
Relying on your inner compass
Using the fins of your hind legs
Sprinting at high speed
Through the deep blue seas

And the wind carries you
To the shore where you
Rest on the beach of low tide
For a brief moment of peace
Until the high tide
Signals the time
Of the next hunt

My friend
You set out again
Towards the azure desert
Wandering the vast ocean
As long as the seasons allow
You glide through every wind
 
©2026 Michie Lyne

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内なる羅針盤

友よ
君は百マイルも泳ぎ
紺碧の海を彷徨う
季節が許す限り
あらゆる風をぬけて

壮大な旅路
内なる羅針盤を頼りに
後ろ足のひれを使い
高速で疾走しながら

紺碧の海を突き進む

そして風が君を運こぶ
干潮の岸辺へと
浜辺での休息
しばしのの安らぎのために
満潮が次の狩りの時を告げるまで

友よ
君は再び旅立つ
紺碧の砂漠を目指して
広大な海を彷徨い
季節が許す限り
あらゆる風をぬけて

©2026 Michie Lyne 

The Inner Compass, pastel drawing by Michie Lyne, 2026.