The Retreat

Jumbled up
moments
of frustration
tangle together
with
incredulousness
to leave me
eager
to find
somewhere
to hide away
from the world

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Patience

What are you
waiting for
standing still
on the rocks
overlooking
the sea
as if any moment
something
breathtaking
will leap free
and into
your arms

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The Surrender

Tufts of white
turn
pink and blue
as evening
dips into
a whisper of
darkness to come
looking like
a celebration
as sunset
dips toward dusk
and the day
is left behind

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Disheartened

Sitting still
I watch as
the world moves
moves one step
at a time
toward
something
breathlessly
reckless
and I wonder
where
the quiet went
and if
it will come back 
ever again

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Emotional Swell

Fissures form
not from pressure
on the outside
but from within
as the stress
of too much
begins to cause
hidden bits
to swell
and spill over
and pieces
are lost
in the process

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More, Please

Eagerness
for more rain
even now
floods my soul
even as fields
flood
and rivers
swell
and roads are
overrun
with water
so that detours
are necessary

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