Storm

Storm

A sea tosses me left, right, all around and round

The water inundates me and violently shakes me

It fills my lungs and chokes the life from me

It buoys me up and keeps me afloat upon the sea

The wind tears at my face and strikes at me

It sucks the breathe from my lips and suffocates

It steals my voice and leaves me mute upon the waves

Yet every sound is carried to me teasingly

This sky is so dart I can not tell the time of day

And a sense of timelessness invades my soul

Events pass so quickly and seem without control

Yet the crash of the waves take eons to complete

This is the storm that spins me this way and that

The storm that crushes me and teases me

Dreams pass before me and I can't tell if they are todays

Hopes climb and fall with each wave over my head

I swim and try to reach a shore, any shore will do

But without a sun or stars to guide me I am directionless

The waves stun me such that I can't tell if I am above

I fight the peace of surrender and cling to rational insanity

Defiantly I survive sputtering on the surface under the storm

I counter raging waves with a fierceness from my heart

I crawl each time to the surface and gasp a breath each wave

Only the lack of hope allows me to continue

To resist the storm is my mantra and clarity of vision

To remain and continue is simultaneous victory and defeat

Joy from a single breathe, peace the stick and not the carrot

I will outlast the storm, I will survive... regardless of my wishes.