Consequently
You sat in the boat while I treaded water;
The direction you went in—I followed too. And no one around me, Could stop me from swimming. Strained necked and grinning, In the wake after you. The storms came up often and I tried to keep up, Afraid that the huge waves would break us apart. But you never offered, One hand to help board me, One float to support me, One hope for my heart. |
Then one day I focused upon a beach somewhere, So far in the distance I feared I would die, If I tried to reach it, But something inside me, Reached out and untied me, And I had to try. |
Through perseverance my struggle brought me to,
The beach tired and shaking and gasping for air. But after I rested, I walked without making, One look back or taking, One second to care. And now you still blame me because you’re left floating, Alone on the high seas—withered and tossed. But you have forgotten, The years I adored you, Now, no one swims for you. You are why you are lost. |
Savor these twenty delicious poems on a quiet evening when you want to escape into a different world for a while or deliberate over a few of them during your lunch hour. Discuss them with your friends and be inspired. In "Remorseless," read about the man who is given a powerful warning and yet learns nothing. Picture the waves when a relationship is drowning in "Consequently" and learn the story behind the despair of a group of men who live for a memory in "Oct 26th, 2000 and Nothing." Know what proceeds the desire to start another day in "The Morning's Call" and be touched by the shining hope reflected in "I've Had Other Valentines."
Enjoy poetry that can be transparently beautiful without being deliberately obtuse and be refreshed during your journey.
Enjoy poetry that can be transparently beautiful without being deliberately obtuse and be refreshed during your journey.
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