Floating in the Ocean

Floating in the Ocean

1/6/2015

The seas are now changing and I must be strong,

I hold the wheel steady though so much could go wrong.

I’ve begun to feel dizzy, I can’t keep my head

But I have so few options, no fallback plans instead

Of my falling, my vessel’s drifting off course,

I grip only the wheel and hope it doesn’t get worse.

I can’t see the shore, there’s no land to be seen

As I drift steadily off course, I can’t contain the scream

Of horror and terror, the desperate pleas

To weigh down the anchor and get out of the seas.

I’m floating in the ocean, no land to be found,

I cannot see sunlight and my feet can’t touch ground.

The storm keeps on brewing that threw me off course

So I turn to the heavens, and pray for recourse

But nothing has changed and the quest only gets harder

But what choice do I have but to find some smarter

Plan to reset my path and I must go somewhere

So I pull out a map and push away despair.

I must draw a new course and make it my own,

Though I fight through rough waters, and the seeds I have sown

Of my drift in the ocean, but I can put it to right,

I’ll find a way through the darkness and turn on the light,

Through the clouds and the shadows, through wave after wave,

I’ll fight mighty monsters and make myself brave.

I’ll journey through unknown with no end in sight

But I know I can do it if I put up a fight!

I’ll find land again and find my own place

Though I may be treading water, gladly I’ll face

A future that’s uncertain, a black wall of rain,

I’ll push past the lost love and push past the pain

To a land of great beauty where I know I belong.

The journey may be rough, uncertain and long

If I find my own happiness it cannot be wrong,

So though it may be hard, I have to be strong,

Even if that means my float in the ocean I must prolong

Because one day I’ll reach shore where I can burst into a song

Of joyous occasion where my future is plain

Where all my uncertainty has been strangled and slain.

Sanctuary

Sanctuary

2/2/2012

Slowly falling

            underfoot.

So silent,

So pristine.

            Crunch

                        Crunch

I stop and gaze back.

I destroyed the pristine

            white.

Leaving my mark

            as I struggle toward

My destination,

My Sanctuary. 

Friend of Mine

Friend of Mine

2/27/11

Tripping, tumbling down our high hill,

Friend locked in laughter long into the night.

Vapid grass tickles, ignoring our sneezing

As a case of the giggles, we try to fight.

Galloping horses, glazed over with dirt,

Dusty and dry ground try to hamper our ride,

But as we ride onward, the giants drool,

Causing us to quickly canter and hide.

Two girls, shivering, sopping wet

As an angry ocean covers the sky,

In this we’ll stay, like the darkest days,

And to each other, we would never lie.

Spectacular lighting flashes, my friend trips

And quickly I dart to give her aid.

The horse’s hooves thunder ominous closer,

But we struggle away and the clouds start to fade.

Under a lush tree, we stand in silence,

Our hearts the only sound for miles.

Looking at each other, we begin to wonder,

If this was only one of life’s many trials.

Adversity faced gave us courage,

Terror gave us a new view and heart,

But even if we move miles away,

Nothing will ever keep us apart.