Maelstrom

[CdnReader]

More of a meandering than a "real poem", I think..... :)

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There have been times
when disaster seemed to court my every step.
My heart, desire, my very being
captured in a whirlpool.....
ever spinning, ever drowning....
the waters pulling me down
.....down
..........down
until even breath
threatens to cease.

That whirlpool pulls our limbs
every which-way, all at the same time....
so misdirected as to be misinformed,
unable to focus, unable to imagine escape,
unable to see beyond the blackness
of the swirling maelstrom.

So easy to
give up.

Yet even whirlpools and maelstroms have endpoints,
and yes, we are spit out the other side...
.....eventually
...........and with strength and determination
a firm set to the chin
a glint in the eye
and a sense of humour
about what just happened (!)
we can rise above those tattered sails
and battered hulls....
and find a new island...
a place and a time
to begin again.

Would I choose to brave that maelstrom again?
Not sure it's my choice. :)

But yes.

Being inside the chaos
is the only way to appreciate
the serenity that follows.

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[Demian]

I like this poem. It reminds me of some of the spirited lines By Dylan Thomas about the loneliness of aging and isolation. This one certainly has some fire.

[Granny5]

Aren't all poems meanderings? I enjoyed this a lot.

[PrinceMyshkin]

Poem-shmoem, it is what it is! And I especially liked these lines:


That whirlpool pulls our limbs
every which-way, all at the same time....
so misdirected as to be misinformed,


Yet even whirlpools and maelstroms have endpoints,
and yes, we are spit out the other side...


Being inside the chaos
is the only way to appreciate
the serenity that follows.

[CdnReader]

Thanks very much, Demian, Granny and PM. I almost didn't post this one. I'm glad you all liked it at least a little. :)

[Granny5]

Thanks very much, Demian, Granny and PM. I almost didn't post this one. I'm glad you all liked it at least a little. :)

more than just a little! It's really very good.

[quasimodo1]

To Granny5 and CdnReader: I factually object to all poetry being like meanderings (there are great works like Poe's "Ulalume" which flow like a linear rapid) and relative to Cdn's poem...it is great as it stands, almost (remember critique is not my purpose) i.e. a few lines might be exchanged in the sense of placement. Great stuff. quasimodo1

[CdnReader]

Thanks muchly, kind Quasi. :)