Again and again
come waves on the beach
sometimes rhythmic and predictable
soothing in their meter
the iambic pentameter of life
Then crash and tumble
you are hit with the tide
the rogue happening
that caught you unaware
there is a calm
where you build
and create
and get a surer footing
in the ever changing
shifting sand
and then you are set upon
awash in a sea of anguish
in that moment I can see in your eyes
the reflection of every hit
every pummeling you have ever lived
I see it
and in that moment
I promise to reach out
every single time
to be there for you
I cannot stop the sea
but I can stand beside you in the tide
Leah Kelley, December 2012
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© Leah Kelley, Thirty Days of Autism, (2012)
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Brilliant!
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Thank you, ‘Yote! I will take that as a lovely and much appreciated endorsement from one of my favourite wandering poets and photographers! Owwwwoooohhh…
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This is beautiful Leah!
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Aw… thank you, Hannah. That means so much!
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I cannot stop the sea….yes…!
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((Amy))
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Sharing this. Love button!
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Thank you, Lori!
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Such strength in your words. Beautiful
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What a beautiful piece of poetry~
“Then crash and tumble
you are hit with the tide
the rogue happening
that caught you unaware”
powerful images here followed by a very tender resolve
“there is a calm
where you build
and create”
in that calm so much magic can happen to rebuild what the crash and tumble tears apart.
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(((Andrea))) Thank you… for your comment and your words. There is a rhythm to this: the crash and the rebuild… and again… and again. I wonder if perhaps that ‘magic’ of which you speak is potential, and hope, and learning, and resolve/resiliency, and bravery all bound together with the hard-won wisdom of loss and many tears shed…
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Leah~ I believe it is all of those things. I think that, and perhaps it is naïve on my part, that the heart and soul that one puts into the struggle is always rewarded. Challenges are relative and the ‘reward’ may not always be what we hope for or expected but if we look hard enough, it’s always in there somewhere…I absolutely believe in hard won wisdom as well. The again and again and again is the stuff that makes us who we are, unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at it.
I usually don’t see any of it until I am long past and far from the battle, but then I do and am thankful for what brought me through~ you wrote this feeling so well.
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♥ I appreciate you, Andrea! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights.♥
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